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alaTest.com
Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 345 reviews of 2big Quadra 4TB from international magazines and websites and compared these to 99961 reviews for other Hard Drives. Experts rate this product 71/100 and users 71/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.
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thinkcomputers.org
Editors' rating: 90
Summary: Neil Poulton has done another great job designing a very unique and stylish external hard drive. He has also designed many of their other hard drives as well, that's probably why they are so unique. When you are looking for an external hard drive ...
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personal computer world
Editors' rating: 60
Summary: An affordable network storage appliance for small workgroups with useful Raid protection for those who want it
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Computeract!ve
Editors' rating: 80
Summary: An attractive and easy-to-use network storage device with top-notch remote file access
CNET product brief
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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Where to buy
LaCie Rugged Hard Disk hard drive - 500 GB - FireWire / FireWire 800 / Hi-Speed USB:
$139.99 - $179.95
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