LaCie 301065U Brick 500GB USB 2.0 Stackable External Hard Drive Red
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Customer Review: Speed not Too fast, LED does not indicate disk activity
Summary: 3 Stars
Worked right out of the box. Runs a bit slower than my other USB hard disks, but still ok. About 250 MegBytes/sec transfer rate. Windows XP. Comes formatted as FAT32. LaCie website recommends reformatting to NTFS, which helped the speed for smaller files.
Don't like the Red LED. Just indicated unit is running. Does not flash when there is disk activity. Actually, if I look at just the right angle, I can see a wee bit of flashing, but have to have my face close to see it.
Appearance is great. Love the look. Noise is so-so. Quieter than one other HD, but noisier than 2 others.
Wanted to buy another of this style, but will look at other models now..
Customer Review: No way to partition and really bad customer service
Summary: 1 Stars
This hard drive seems like like a good choice until you open the box and try to create a partition (a simple task for anyone). I am fairly savy with things like this, but a partition simply could not be created. I tried to look at the FAQ and tried to get help from their tech deparment. The only thing the tech people do a Lacie is refer you back to the FAQ....I guess it's cheaper than having real tech-folks on the payroll. So...if you don't need to partition your hard drive or if you think and if you think the only problems you will EVER have will some how be able to be resolved by their FAQ section.....then...I recomend this hard driveCustomer Review: Quiet & Speedy
Summary: 5 Stars
My LaCie 500 isn't making a sound and it works great. Very speedy for USB 2.0 (seems just as fast as Firewire). Set up was a breeze (took about two minutes). I just plugged it in and my Mac recognized it right away. Looks very cool sitting on my desk and is quiet as a church mouse. I haven't done anything with the back up software as I just have to drag and drop very large (40 GB) files onto it. Highly recommend this hard drive --- especially with the price at $158.00. I can't comment on LaCie tech support as I've never had any problems with the 3 hard drives that I have purchased from them.Customer Review: Lacie has the "cool" factor
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently bought Lacie 500 GB Desktop (USB) Hard Drive, after using it in my lab. The hard drive has an effective free space of 465 GB. Thats quite a lot going into formatting. Works well on PCs, on Mac G4 it is a bit slower, don't know why. More than anything else, it has the "cool" factor because of its design. I am sure there are more efficient and sturdier HDs out there but this one just looks really cool. Overall it works well. The Lacie backup software that comes with it is quite ordinary though. It is slow, and only does a blind copy of the files. No options to make disk images etc.Customer Review: Almost perfect... louder than other sizes
Summary: 4 Stars
I've got a 250 Gb Lacie Brick currently and decided to add to the lego family. Got the 500 Gb and things are grand. The only reason it doesn't get a 5 is the noise. The 250 Gb model is quiet as a mouse, but the bigger brother sounds like a small engine. Not happy with the noise, but I am mainly using it for backup, so I'll turn it off when it's not in use. Lacie should take these kinds of things inconsideration when putting out new products. People buy from them because of the quality and their design, not because they're cheaper than the rest.