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LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 301285U 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
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(3.5 out of 5)
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great drive
(5 out of 5) by Mr. Warren S. Cook on Jan 29, 2008 (Eagle Point, Oregon)Great price, very reliable...I use this to back up my archival stores, many of which are the same brand 120 gig and 160 gig drives...Then I turn off and store the older drives, using them as a final backup...Have only had one LaCie problem in 6 years, and that drive was bad from the start, so nothing was lost.
And, oh by the way, I have TWELVE of these chained together, so it makes it easy for me to have them on line all of the time.
And, oh by the way, I have TWELVE of these chained together, so it makes it easy for me to have them on line all of the time.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Small. silent, black
(4 out of 5) by Rob Winger on Feb 21, 2008 (NowHere)Nice little drive. Speed seems on par with other USB drives I've used, but this is the quietest. It is virtually silent. The only thing lacking is an on/off switch (minus 1 star). No problems during the first month of use.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
Great drive for a great price
(5 out of 5) by Peter M. Ackarey on Mar 5, 2008 (Chester, NH USA)Hi.
I bought this drive about a month ago, and it has been as good as advertised, if not better.
I use it for two purposes. First as a "Time Machine" backup drive for my MacBook, and as the primary drive for my iTunes library. It has performed both functions flawlessly.
One of the many great features I like about it is that it goes to "sleep" along with the rest of the system I have it hooked up to (the computer and my home theater) when it's not being used. So if I happen to fall asleep in the middle of movie being streamed from iTunes, once the movie is done, my laptap goes to sleep, and the drive stops spinning. Once I press a button on the laptop or the remote, the whole thing starts up again. So it's a nice addition to my computer-based theater system.
The price can't be beat. Amazon had the lowest price of all the companies I checked (sort of...the price was just a little higher than the MacMall, but Amazon had free shipping, making their price the net-lowest). Considering my brother bought a LaCie 160 GB drive a couple of years ago for almost $200, it's an outstanding value for the price.
The USB cable could stand to be just a bit longer.
==>Pete
I bought this drive about a month ago, and it has been as good as advertised, if not better.
I use it for two purposes. First as a "Time Machine" backup drive for my MacBook, and as the primary drive for my iTunes library. It has performed both functions flawlessly.
One of the many great features I like about it is that it goes to "sleep" along with the rest of the system I have it hooked up to (the computer and my home theater) when it's not being used. So if I happen to fall asleep in the middle of movie being streamed from iTunes, once the movie is done, my laptap goes to sleep, and the drive stops spinning. Once I press a button on the laptop or the remote, the whole thing starts up again. So it's a nice addition to my computer-based theater system.
The price can't be beat. Amazon had the lowest price of all the companies I checked (sort of...the price was just a little higher than the MacMall, but Amazon had free shipping, making their price the net-lowest). Considering my brother bought a LaCie 160 GB drive a couple of years ago for almost $200, it's an outstanding value for the price.
The USB cable could stand to be just a bit longer.
==>Pete
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Great little device
(5 out of 5) by Jerry E. Brooks on Feb 9, 2008 (HARRISONBURG, VA USA)I ordered this device for my wife since she takes a large number of digital pictures as well as download a lot of music (legally, of course). The hard drive has performed flawlessly. It was well worth the purchase price & has been a great help with the storage of the pictures and music. The device can be left on for hours & there is no issue of it overheating.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
spoke too soon
(5 out of 5) by J. S. Ltd on Feb 27, 2008 (Chicago IL)After having to send this back twice on my dime to LaCie because it simply will not back up (prepares and prepares and never backs up) here I have it again a third time in one year. Service has been awful, and as much as I wish this had worked, it did not. I also resent the fact that I have had to pay shipping twice to get service that does not hold up. Never buying LaCie again.