LaCie Adds eSATA Connectivity Options to its Rugged HDD Line-up
LaCie Adds eSATA Connectivity Options to its Rugged HDD Line-up
Posted 02/14/2010 at 11:43am
| by Justin Kerr
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The market for ultra rugged eSATA portable hard drives has to be pretty small, but hey, here at Maximum PC we're all about catering to a niche right? If your still with us then you might want to check out the LaCie Portable Bus Powered eSATA drive which unfortunately, currently only comes in a 500GB capacity.
The manufacturer promises write speeds of up to 90MB/s, and even offers up a trusty old USB 2.0 connection just in case you find yourself without access to eSATA. The transfer speeds and storage capacity of this drive definitely makes it a compelling product, but some might find the $240 price tag a bit on the high side.
Is this amount of high speed portable storage worth the price?
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icebird
February 15, 2010 at 6:52am
Why would anyone every buy one of these when you can get an external enclosure, mod it to your hearts content, and put whatever drive in it you want??
fraofua
February 14, 2010 at 12:07pm
With $240 one can but a 1TB external HD, some thick padded little bag, 2 large
pizzas, and a beer keg. So until that price doesn't come down (witch
eventually will come down), i'll stick with my selected items :-D Nice little thing though...
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