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LaCie Little Disk 320 GB FW 400 / USB 2.0 Hard Drive, design by Sam Hecht
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(5 out of 5) by Jon Lee on Dec 6, 2008 (Rochester, Michigan)it's a great hard drive, along with it's internal usb cable and great space and sleek design this hard drive is one of the best i've used so far :)
Great little drive! Some design issues.
(4 out of 5) by Steve Ko on Nov 15, 2008 (San Francisco, CA USA)Just purchased this yesterday, so I cannot comment on reliability yet. I do have some thoughts on the design:
- The glossy black finish looks great next to the latest generation MacBook and MacBook Pro (the ones with the aluminum unibody). However, it is a fingerprint magnet, so I consider it a poor choice of material for something that is intended to be handled frequently.
- The built-in, retractable USB cord is a great idea, but it is super short. This is fine for a laptop sitting on a table and for a Mac mini, but pretty much useless for connecting to anything else (e.g. iMac, Mac Pro). Luckily, it comes with a USB extension cable, but that sort of defeats the purpose of having the retractable one.
- The end cap is a nice touch and will keep cruft from getting in the FireWire ports, but I will probably lose it in a few months. :-)
I'm mainly using it as an emergency boot drive for troubleshooting systems that won't boot. Works great so far with the unibody MacBook. The MacBook USB port supplies enough power so that I don't need to connect it to a second USB port for power.
Note that some older Macs may not supply enough power to the drive. When I connected it to a PowerPC-based Mac mini via USB, the drive emitted a beep and did not mount. I assume this meant that it did not have enough power. Connecting via Firewire worked fine.
Also, the drive runs fairly hot. Hope this does not reflect poorly on reliability.
- The glossy black finish looks great next to the latest generation MacBook and MacBook Pro (the ones with the aluminum unibody). However, it is a fingerprint magnet, so I consider it a poor choice of material for something that is intended to be handled frequently.
- The built-in, retractable USB cord is a great idea, but it is super short. This is fine for a laptop sitting on a table and for a Mac mini, but pretty much useless for connecting to anything else (e.g. iMac, Mac Pro). Luckily, it comes with a USB extension cable, but that sort of defeats the purpose of having the retractable one.
- The end cap is a nice touch and will keep cruft from getting in the FireWire ports, but I will probably lose it in a few months. :-)
I'm mainly using it as an emergency boot drive for troubleshooting systems that won't boot. Works great so far with the unibody MacBook. The MacBook USB port supplies enough power so that I don't need to connect it to a second USB port for power.
Note that some older Macs may not supply enough power to the drive. When I connected it to a PowerPC-based Mac mini via USB, the drive emitted a beep and did not mount. I assume this meant that it did not have enough power. Connecting via Firewire worked fine.
Also, the drive runs fairly hot. Hope this does not reflect poorly on reliability.
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Little Big little
(5 out of 5) by Chris Newcomb on Oct 21, 2008 (Portland, ME)I haven't used this a great deal, but it's small, quiet and powerful. It's little in size, big in storage, and little in noise and hassle so far.
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Love this portable drive
(5 out of 5) by Robert F. Bandino Jr. on Aug 19, 2008It's small, light and holds a whole lot of stuff. The case protects it when I'm storing in my laptop bag.
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Lacie little big disk
(5 out of 5) by Stewart Bernard on Feb 26, 2008Outstanding portability. Fast transfer rate. Great versatility with firewire/usb options. Numerous cables.