- USB 3.0 interface for rapid photo, video and audio file exchange and transfer
- 3mm of strong aluminum casing to protect your data
- Includes Wuala online storage and LaCie Private-Public software to protect your data
- Features eco-mode to lower your drives power consumption by up to 40% when not in use
- 1 TB storage capacity
- USB 3.0 interface for rapid photo, video and audio file exchange and transfer
- 3mm of strong aluminum casing to protect your data
- Includes Wuala online storage and LaCie Private-Public software to protect your data
- Features eco-mode to lower your drives power consumption by up to 40% when not in use
- 1 TB storage capacity
Product Reviews
Score: 4/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
The design is just a work of art, no other way to describe it. It has an elegant brushed aluminum exoskeleton, with edges that come to crisp points, and sharp corners.
You connect to your old USB 2.0 or the newer 3.0, and the drive spins up, except you can’t hear or feel it. I was so vibration free, and quiet I couldn’t even tell it was running, but it was, and it was blistering fast. I am not kidding here, the drive I received had ZERO vibration, and no noise, and I have never seen that in any mechanical hard drive in the 25 years I have been using them. It was almost as if it was an SSD.
On usb 2.0 on a decent Dell tower I got 33MB/sec read, and somewhat less on write. (write has to read too, which is slower for any drive). I did not have an usb 3.0 to test it on.
Drive comes formatted in NTFS, and a number of software programs.
It comes with a USB 3.0 cable, but you could use a cell phone type usb 2.0 cable (the one with the really small connector), and just connect it to the small half of the USB 3.0 socket on the drive. It will work fine.
I had no problem using the drive without any additional power source. It worked on ONE usb port. The drive ran so cool, that I could not imagine it taking too much power.
I did not use the software it came with. If you want encryption software I strongly recommend trucrypt, and use a very long password or keyfile.
Again, this drive is a work of art. LaCie you did well!
I have recently bought other portable hard drives bought from Toshiba and Western Digital both of which vibrated, made noise, and felt and looked cheap. The WD failed, and with the Toshiba 1TB is running like a weak back vibrator. It won’t last either. I am now considering buying another LaCie Porche.
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
It is extremely compact and very good looking. It attaches to the MacBook using a USB 3 cable. My MacBook is not USB 3 enabled, but not a problem, inasmuch as the drive works very handily with USB 2 as well. The setup takes about 5 seconds: plug the USB port into the MacBook, plug the other, dedicated USB 3 end, to the Drive, and click. I had 58 gigs worth of data to transfer and it took a little less than an hour using Time Machine on the Mac. Since then, updates take about 30 seconds each. Works with Windows too, apparently.
Verdict? I’m going to buy a second one to keep with me when I go to the office or travel.
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 4/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
I work in Information Technology (IT) for a living so redundancy is a habit of mine. I Have a 1TB Seagate Desktop HDD & recently purchased this Lacie 1TB Portable HDD as a backup for my backup(the seagate). I got tired of having my backups backup split on two separate 500GB Pocket Western Digital. This Lacie is heavier then the WD but it’s expected due to the extra platters added for the extra storage space. It’s also more convenient for me to just take one HDD drive with me than two 500GB. The construction of it is solid & not flaky like the plastic 500GB WD units I have. Transfer speeds are fast when using a compatible 3.0 USB connection. I love that I have the ability to have 10yrs of digital memories at arms reach where ever I go. If I want to show family & friends pics I just plug this baby right into my tablet or netbook.
Overall: Solid build. Great Design/flashy in my opinion (if you look at that kind of stuff). The enclosure is more rugged than the cheaper plastic Western Digital & Seagate models out there. Has USB 3.0. Plenty of storage space in a pocket size format. Uses USB 3.0 cable so make sure you don’t loose it, they’re not as easy to buy/find as your typical USB 2.0 to mini cable, then again, you can find anything on amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com