It should come as no surprise that LaCie is a French company with the sleek and sophisticated designs that come out of its workshop. LaCie latest addition to its product range is the succinctly entitled Hard Disk designed by Neil Poulton. The external HDD has a minimalist look to it with the smooth, glossy case and a cool blue LED strip to create an ambient glow. The concept is that the unit will blend in with other bits of kit you have lying around. However since all mine have go-faster stripes down them, this sucker would stand out on my desk ;)

Kidding aside, the Hard Disk certainly does look the part, but how do the oh-so important numbers stack up on this baby?

* USB 2.0 interface
* 7,200 rpm spin speed
* 480 Mbps max transfer rate
* 117 x 193 x 45 mm
* 950 g

The Hard Disk comes in a range of capacities, from 320 GB up to 1 TB, and consequently a range of prices from US$120 to US$399 for the appropriate capacity. It also talks nicely to both Macs and PCs and comes with LaCie’s ‘1-Click’ backup software which handles data recovery on both flavours too. Intriguingly the unit has no fan utilising plate holes on the underside of the box to allow natural airflow to cool itself down.

All in all, I can’t actually see anything wrong with the LaCie Hard Disk unless you prefer garishly coloured bits of kit adorning your desk. The price seems good, the specs stack up, so if you’re up for a bit more storage capacity then you can’t go wrong with one of these puppies.

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I admit that I wasn’t overly impressed with the design of the last LaCie hard drive my eyes wandered over but LaCie may just have won me over with the Little Disk. Designed by a gentlemen called Sam Hecht, the Little Disk looks quite attractive with its extendable USB cable and flip off lid and who would know what lies inside the little black box when its not in use. Unfortunately any kudos built up as a man of mystery with his ‘little black box’ would soon be blown away when people realise it contains a series of zeros and ones. However for a while there you were ‘the dude with the mystery black box’.

Anyway lets crank out the numbers on this puppy

* All models sport USB 2.0 connectivity at 480 Mbps with a couple of FireWire 400 ports at 400 Mbps on larger models
* Spinning speed is 5,400 rpm for all apart from an oh so slow 3,600 for the 30 and 60 GB models
* Most models measure up at 81 x 129 x 18 mm but the dinky 30/60 GB models square up at a mere 64 x 80 x 18 mm
* Again the larger units weigh in at 195g but the smaller ones are 126g
* Capacity starts at the 30 GB mark and goes up to 250 GB on the biggest model

Prices start at US$100 for the 30 GB up to $230 for the 250 GB although there is a 250 GB without FireWire for $180. So nothing to write home about but its sleekness and elegance - attributes fairly uncommon in the external HDD world - make the Little Disk stand out in the crowd.

Source: LaCie

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I must admit I’m not overly impressed with the look of the new 250GB portable hard drive from LaCie. What’s even more surprising is that it’s designed by Porsche but then I’m not a lover of their cars either. But the drive’s stats do stand up nicely and I’m a sucker for numbers!

It can transfer data at 480 Mb/s over its USB 2.0 connection or at 400 Mb/s across the FireWire interface, spins round at 5,400 and is a slimline 17 x 76 x 129 mm. But the winner for me is the 6.35 ounces that this baby weighs - nice! The drive is already pre-formatted for both Macs and PCs, so plug it in and away you go! Unfortunately it’s priced at US$270 which is a lot more than similar spec’ed externals like the Fujitsu but then it is a Porsche hard drive :)

Source: Pocket-Lint

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