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"Warning to Mac Users: Stay away from Lacie" on by palmerit
Pros: Shiny. Pretty blue light.
Cons: Does not work with Mac, despite claims.
Summary: Warning to Mac users:
I purchased one Lacie Big drive 18 months ago, another Lacie Big drive 24 months ago. I just upgraded to Mac OS X Lion. Neither drive works after the upgrade.
The Lacie web site said that the "solution" to this problem was to revert back to Snow Leopard. Not really a solution. But I assumed that maybe this meant that a firmware upgrade or something was in the works. So I contacted Lacie support.
Lacie support told me that the "version you have now is a legacy product, there is no update planned at this time to address the 10.7 [Lion] problem."
An 18 month old, $1000+ external hard drive, is considered a "legacy product". You have to be kidding me.
I don't often write reviews. And I'm really not writing this as a whiny complaint about an unfavorable support outcome. Just as a heads up to any potential Mac users.
For a company to punt on supporting products less than two years old is outrageous. These drives should last several years at least. A company who touts it's Timemachine support, which is why I purchased the drive, needs to plan to support regular OS upgrades for years.
They said they would offer me a discount on a replacement hard drive. I'll pass and buy a 3TB Time Capsule. At least I figure that one will continue working if the OS is updated.
Frustrating. I you're a Mac user, stay away from Lacie. Ignore what they say about Timemachine support. It's not true. -
"Useless machine, useless support" on by JSSJSS
Pros: None, except the shiny black
Cons: Noisy, and does not work with my Mac. Their software does not recognise the disk, though it is connected. When I called LaCie in Switzerland, they told me to go back to the store where I had bought it. LaCie never again.
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"works perfect for 4 months" on by Krischan99
Pros: perfect with different hardware and software usage: with MAC, PC added 1TB LaCie and 250GB WD using on timemachine and itunes etc.
Cons: nonenonenone
Summary: Simply perfect and cheap!
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"Cheap network storage!" on by drmoss_ca
Pros: I need a fair bit of NAS, and have two Buffalo Linkstations and attached USB drives, and a Time Capsule. I got one of these as it was relatively cheap and I don't need the speed for a weekly backup to it.
Cons: Set up isn't intuitive but if you follow the instructions it all works as advertised.
Summary: Not as simple to set up for a Mac user as a Time Capsule, but significantly cheaper. A good option for extra network storage when your Time Capsule isn't enough.
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"oh so very slow" on by fractalised
Pros: design of box, user interface, spec
Cons: transfer speeds are appauling
Summary: experience using the product is that file transfers on are very slow. gigabit ethernet yeilds circa 26-32MB/s and wireless G on full signal is more like 200-400KB/s. Will not push abouve 25-27% network utilization on any network adapter I have for uploading to or downloading from. If you're thinking hd bottleneck at my then rest assured I have a Revo pci flash drive and 2 samsung spin points in raid which have average and sustained reads in excess off 200MB/s. Product support basically said thank you for letting me know, We'll look into it. 2 months later I've heard nothing.
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