LaCie Rugged Hard Disk hard drive - 500 GB - FireWire / FireWire 800 / Hi-Speed USB

Description: This LaCie Rugged Hard Disk Hard Drive is a 500GB, external hard disk drive.Compared to other external hard drives on the market, it is midpriced at around $150.Can connect with both FireWire and USB 2.0 for increased portability.This is a 5400 rpm drive and has an 8MB buffer.

Pros: Has a 500GB capacity, which is considerably larger than some similarly priced hard drives.By way of comparison, the average cost of a product with this large a capacity is $240.Connects to your PC via high speed USB 2.0 or FireWire cables.This product can also connect to older USB ports, but the transfer rates will be fairly slow.

Cons: Has a Hi-Speed USB, FireWire, and FireWire 800 data transfer interface, which is somewhat less favorable than some similarly priced hard drives.Also, this hard drive spins at only 5400 rpm, which is slower than some similarly priced hard drives.For example, the Acomdata Mini Pal External Firewire/USB Hard Drive, a 320GB hard drive at around $140, spins at 7200 rpm.

Suitability: An external hard drive, suited for convenient plug-and-play with most desktop or notebook computers.

Value: In general, this hard drive has good features for the money.

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• Manufacturer: LaCie Ltd.
• Part Number: 301371

• General

• Device Type Hard drive - External hard drive
• Width 3.5 in
• Depth 5.6 in
• Height 1.1 in
• Weight 10.5 oz

• Hard Drive

• Capacity 500 GB
• Interface Type IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) / IEEE1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB
• Buffer Size 8 MB

• Performance

• Max Data Transfer Rate 57 MBps
• Data Transfer Rate Details FireWire 800 : 57 MBps, FireWire : 40 MBps, Hi-Speed USB : 36 MBps
• Seek Time 12 ms (average)
• Spindle Speed 5400 rpm

• Storage Controller

• Type None

• Storage Controller (2nd)

• Type None

• Expansion / Connectivity

• Interfaces 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin mini-USB Type B, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 6 pin FireWire, 1 x IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) - 9 pin FireWire 800
• Compatible Bays None
• Compatible Slots x None

• Power

• External Hard Drive Power Source USB bus, FireWire bus, Additional USB
• Power device type None

• Miscellaneous

• Cables Included 1 x USB cable - External, 1 x IEEE 1394 cable - FireWire 400 (6-to-6 pin) - External, 1 x IEEE 1394b cable - FireWire 800 (9-to-9 pin) - External, 1 x USB power splitter cable - External
• Compliant Standards Plug and Play

• Software / System Requirements

• Software type SilverKeeper, Drivers & Utilities, Lacie Backup Software
• Min Operating system Apple MacOS X 10.3 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
• System Requirements Details Windows 2000/XP/Vista - RAM 128 MB, MacOS X 10.3 or later - PowerPC G3 - RAM 128 MB

• Manufacturer Warranty

• Service & support type 3 years warranty
• Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 3 years

LaCie Ltd.

Manufacturer profile

• Website: http://www.lacie.com/