LaCie 301827U d2 Quadra 1 TB eSATA/FireWire800/FireWire400/USB 2.0 External Hard Disk
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Customer Review: Good so far
Summary: 4 Stars
Easy to set up (at least on a Mac). Quiet operation. Still working after one month. If it's still working after two years, I'd give it five stars.Customer Review: Good product, would recommend
Summary: 4 Stars
I've used these drives for video production usage since 2003 and have loved every iteration of it. I like these in particular because they are one single drive instead of two drives in a RAID-0 arrangement. Yes it doesn't have as much throughput but it sure is way more reliable.
On that note this space is all for large video files and work files as I'm compressing and compiling DVD's. These drives hold up under hours and hours of reads and writes for years to come. In fact some drives I bought in 2005 just died but to clarify the housing died but the drives are still usable as internal drives. That said I would NOT use these drives or any firewire drive as an archival medium. Despite these being great drives there are other ways I would store sensitive material like spreadsheets and photographs. Any firewire drive is easy to knock over or unplug correctly and each time this happens you take a chance that it won't start up again.
One thing I would recommend if you use a mac is "Diskwarrior." it's a bit spendy but it has saved many a firewire drives from the clutches of re-formatting because it was having trouble mounting.
Customer Review: Nice while it lasted - horrible customer service
Summary: 3 Stars
This was SO easy to hook up with my iMac, just took literally a few minutes. And it worked perfectly; the noise when it was backing up wasn't bad at all. I really liked the blue light in front because, well, just because it looks cool. :)
However, I bought it only about six weeks ago, it was on sale as I recall, however it unfortunately died tonight. VERY loud clicking noises and my Mac froze up, which is beyond rare. Darn. All those backups lost since they'll have to refurbish it or replace it, which I'd of course prefer. Since they are closed the next two days, I don't know exactly how they will handle it.
Added: Once I finally got hold of customer service, after being on hold for an hour, the rep was not very responsive. The capper is that I have to pay for shipping (not a light unit) back at my cost, with stipulations as to how to send (3" bubble wrap - like I just have that sitting around). No refund unless they can't fix it. If I had it to do over again, I'd give it one star. If the returned unit (no ETA on when that might be) also fails, I WILL get a refund. You know when you call tech support and your 21st in line - AND there is no toll free number - it's time to prepare for the worst.
Of course, all my backups are gone either way. Please read their warranty VERY carefully before considering this unit.
Customer Review: Better than expected!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product. It looks and performs better than I expected. Well worth the money.Customer Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
LaCie 301825U d2 Quadra 500 GB eSATA/FireWire800/FireWire400/ USB 2.0 External Hard Disk
I have an iMac G5 PPC. This external HD was highly recommended to me and since receiving it, it has worked flawlessly. I am extremely happy with it.