Designed by the world-famous Porsche Design Agency, the LaCie Hard Drives exhibit world-class style and elite performance. The result of decades of architectural expertise, these drives feature state-of-the-art design and awesome performance.With room to store up to 250GB, you can back up your entire system or add extra storage space when your internal hard drive is full. Built to be lightweight and durable, these drives can be easily moved for sharing and exchanging of files.With Hi-Speed USB interface, the LaCie Hard Drives offer fast data transfer rates (up to 480Mbits/s) that are required for substantial jobs like downloading digital photos or saving MP3s.These drives offer setup that is nearly effortless, and are ready to use minutes after removing it from the box. Secured rubber feet allow drives to be stacked, so you can get the most out of limited desktop space.
1 Perfect choice for data backup/storage
I recently bought the 40GB LaCie to back up files on my work and home computers. I couldn't recommend it more highly - it's stylish, well-priced, and exceptionally easy to use. It was plug-and-play on my Windows 2000 Prof desktop, my iMac running OSX, my G4 running OSX Jaguar, and even my old college laptop, which runs Windows 98. The documentation claims that the LaCie is compatible with most every common OS down to Win98 SE; I was wary of whether it would work with Win98 and would really be easy to use between PCs and Macs, but it worked like a charm (unlike the sneaky iPod that has to be formatted for one or the other).
And as a design enthusiast, I wanted an external hard drive that was deserving of the space next to my Macs, and the LaCie was really my only choice. The one caveat I have is that from the online photos, I expected it to have an aluminum casing, but alas, it does not - only aluminum on the short ends; otherwise the body is plastic. But at least it's metallic-painted and durable, and the whole unit is about the size of a paperback novel, making it ideal for travel.
