LaCie Rugged All-Terrain 250 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800 Portable External Hard Drive 301291 by Lacie
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Digital camera reviews of LaCie Rugged All-Terrain 250 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800 Portable External Hard Drive 301291
Digital camera Review: Horrible product for OS X users
Summary: 1 Stars
RUN AWAY!!! I've used LaCie's higher-end external drives for years as a video editor. I know that some of their low-end drives, like the Porsche series are dogs. As for this one, I don't know if my drive is defective or if this is just a terrible product, but here is my experience: If you need an external hard drive, you probably have a time-sensitive storage problem. You expect the drive to work, and quickly. I have been going back and forth with LaCie tech support for four days by e-mail-note that they have no telephone service or live chat-as they ignore my problem. It takes 12-24 hours to get a response for each question, as they tell me to redo things I've already told them I've tried. THIS DRIVE WON'T MOUNT IN OS X; it is native formatted for OS 9. Who has OS 9 anymore? It's 2009, come on guys. They provide a install wizard that is supposed to autodetect OS X users and reformat the drive for you. It doesn't work! Then the wizard refers you to use Mac's own Disk Utility to partition the drive. Disk utility can't even mount the external hard drive. Isn't that a pickle. I'm left with a product that won't mount to even be reformatted--USELESS! On top of that, this is advertised as bus powered, but with a Powerbook G4 I have to use the included USB power cable to get the drive to spin at all-no matter what port I am using, Firewire 400, 800 or USB 2.0. It may not even be getting enough power to mount through this attached cable-this may be the problem. And note that the USB power cable takes up your other USB port, which is massively inconvenient. An AC adapter would be preferable. I know they say you can run over this drive with a truck (when it's OFF-nobody says you can drop this thing while it's running, which is really the problem you worry about), but how often does that happen? Maybe I'll stick with less gimmicky products and try to find one that just plain and simple mounts.Digital camera Review: It's all about the interfaces
Summary: 4 Stars
Having the three choices for connecting is why I bought it. I have 3 partitions on it. One for external Mac boot (think Firewire 800), second for Time Machine (Firewire 400 from my MacBook), and the third for data (USB or Firewire take your pick). Great product.Digital camera Review: Just what I needed.
Summary: 5 Stars
I ran out of hard drive space on my 40 gb eMac and the LaCie 250 gb external was just what I needed. The Firewire unit was simple to hook up and works flawlessly. Partitioning and transferring things like my iPhoto library and music files was easy. I was also able to make a bootable hard drive for the LaCie. My old 40 gb eMac hd now has plenty of usable capacity for my needs and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg.Digital camera Review: Just what i needed
Summary: 4 Stars
came with any cable you can imagine to hook up to your computer. Setup was easy & it performed without a problem. It's a might bulky...not a show stopper for me, but may be for some.Digital camera Review: LaCie 250 GB
Summary: 4 Stars
I like the armor features. Unfortunately, it will still be damaged if dropped while being used. To Lacie's credit, that bit of info was posted on the internet for you to see before you buy. Many companies only tell of their products limitations only after you open the box.
The disc has worked well. The thing I dislike is that each time I open a folder, it creates a new window on my Mac's screen, creating a lot of clutter. Maybe there is a way to stop it from opening a new window each time, but I do not know how.
Also, their is no search window for the files. I am used to having that feature on the Mac and some other external drives. It does allow a search using Spotlight.