LaCie Hard Disk 301304U 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, Design by Neil Poulton
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:30
Binding : Electronics
ProductGroup : CE
Manufacturer : Lacie
Brand : LaCie
Label : Lacie
Publisher : Lacie
Model : 301304U
Studio : Lacie
Color : Black
Lowest Used Price: USD $90.00
Lowest New Price: USD $95.00
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD $89.99
- 1 TB USB external hard drive with a stunning design by Neil Poulton
- Fast USB 2.0 interface offers connectivity and transfer rates of up to 480 Mbps
- Plug and Play functionality for both Macs and Windows
- Includes one-year online backup service providing unlimited off-site backup storage
- Measures 4.6 x 1.8 x 7.6 inches (WxHxD); 2-year limited warranty
The LaCie 1TB Hard Disk, designed by Neil Poulton, will provide you with serious storage and subtle design all in one compact hard drive. The efficient and simple LaCie Hard Disk is compact and easy for anyone to use. Very small for its huge capacity, this lightweight drive has a fashionable, mirror-polished finish. Setup is nearly effortless; it¿s plug & play and offers customizable formatting with LaCie Setup Assistant. LaCie `1-Click¿ Backup Software for PC and Mac is included for quickly saving files in one click. The LaCie Hard Disk adds sophisticated style to your desktop yet its presence is quiet and unobtrusive. This compact, sleek hard drive has a unique distinguishing feature - a cool, blue LED strip on its underside that creates an ambient glow. Its smartly engineered design allows for heat dissipation and near-silent, fanless operation. With Hi-Speed USB 2.0, this hard drive makes a great companion to your PC or Mac. Even use it as a reliable data shuttle between USB-equipped desktop and laptop computers. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 provides universal compatibility, cross-platform convenience, hot-pluggable connections, and good transfer rates. The user-friendly LaCie Hard Disk is a great storage tool for laptops or workstations. Use it to regularly back up your entire system or upgrade capacity when your computer¿s hard drive is full. Conveniently download digital photos and save all of your music files. Box Content: LaCie 1TB Hard Disk, USB 2.0 cable, External power supply, Quick Install Guide, LaCie Utilities (preloaded on the drive): User Manual, LaCie `1-Click¿ Backup Software (Windows & Mac), LaCie SilverKeeper Backup Software (Mac). Minimum System Requirements: Computer with USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista/Mac OS X 10.3 or higher Pentium II 350MHz processor or greater / G3,G4,G5 Mac Intel processor or greater, 32MB RAM minimum
Amazon.com Product Description
The LaCie Hard Disk 301304U 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, Design by Neil Poulton adds a sleek, sophisticated style to your desktop while delivering high-speed performance as a hard drive. You no longer have to worry about running out of disk space for your latest music, movies, and photos. And with universal compatibility and a compact size, this portable drive lets you easily share your music, photos and video files with your friends and family.
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 The gorgeous, minimalist case was designed by Neil Poulton. View larger. |
Designed by internationally acclaimed designer Neil Poulton, the Hard Disk features sleek and sophisticated styling. The case is entirely black with a fashionable, mirror-polished finish. A cool, blue LED strip on the bottom casts an ambient glow. The ultra-minimalist look will blend perfectly into home entertainment setups and workstations.
But don't think the design is just about looking good. Built to optimize heat dissipation so that it can operate without a fan, the drive is also designed for convenience and portability. At just 4.6 x 1.8 x 7.6 inches (WxHxD) and weighing barely two pounds, it can be easily transported into your briefcase, allowing you to shuttle files between your home and office, or move your work between your laptop and desktop with ease.
More Space for More Media
With an additional 1 TB of disk space, the Hard Disk can store up to 70 hours of DV video or 270,000 or over 1 million photos. Instead of having all this data stored on an internal drive on your desktop computer that can't be moved around, imagine being able to carry your entire digital media collection with you on your travels. You can also use the drive to back up your computer files for extra security.
Fast Performance and Exceptional Compatibility
Using the universal and fast USB 2.0 interface, which offers a transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps, this drive will work with both Macs and PCs. Just plug it in and play it. The drive is pre-formatted for use across Windows and Macs, doesn't require any additional drivers, and is ready to go seconds after being removed from the box. The drive features a rotational speed of 7200 RPM and has a cache of at least 8 MB, providing performance that won't keep you waiting for your files to backup or your media to play.
 A compact, fanless design allows for quiet operation. View larger. |
Free One-Year Unlimited Backup Service
With the purchase of this LaCie Hard Disk, you will also receive a full year of LaCie's Online Backup service. With this service, the data that you store on your computer will be encrypted twice and uploaded to the offsite data center where they will remain encrypted, maintaining your privacy.
When you sign up for the service, software is added to your computer that looks for new and changed files to update. The service is completely automated and only backs up new and modified files when your computer is idle, so you don't have to do a thing, and your computer's performance will never be affected.
This service lets you upload an unlimited amount of photos, music, video, and documents for a full year. After that you can continue with the service for a low monthly fee. This is LaCie's way of ensuring that should anything happen to your Hard Disk -- should it get stolen or damaged, for instance -- your invaluable data will remain completely protected and accessible.
The LaCie 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard Disk, Design by Neil Poulton is backed by a 2-year limited warranty.
About LaCie
Established in France in 1989, LaCie is a leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for Windows, Apple and Linux users. With offices and plants in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong, LaCie develops and manufactures external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday people easily manage their digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original designs and leading-edge technology.
What's in the Box
LaCie hard disk, USB 2.0 cable, external power supply, quick install guide, LaCie utilities (preloaded on drive), user's manual, backup software.
fantastic product thus far... (2010-02-19)
so far so good... the best external drive i've had (of 3).
as a mac user it was nice to see instructions with windows instructions as the inset alternate instructions, vs the other way round, although setup involved little more than plugging the drive in...
all in all... it looks good, works great, and does everything i expected from it.... the USB cable could be a bit longer, though I had one to replace it with...
every once in a while it's a tiny bit noisy, but not enough more than the drive in my laptop to be an annoyance....
thus far I'd say it's a quality product, as fast as USB 2.0 allows (it's actually faster than the internal drive for transfers across itself) with very unobtrusive design in a relatively small package...
I actually (accidentally) bought two and had planned to return the second, but ended up giving it as a gift to my parents to share as a backup drive instead after a couple days of use.
I have 2 of these stacked. Great performance and looks too! (2010-02-19)
I have 2 of these one on top of the other and use them for data storage and system drive backup via Norton Ghost 15. They work great and are reliable, plus LaCie offers a 2 year warranty (does not include data recovery). What sold me on these 2 drives was the LaCie brand and the Samsung drives (HD301SI) that happen to be in these 2 drives.
NOTE: USB 2.0 transfer rate is 480mbps max no matter what brand external drive you might consider. It is a standard for that protocol whether it is a webcam, external drive, whatever..so don't be misled by advertising hype. Everything and anything that is USB 2.0 maxes out at 480mbps.
The styling is just so simple and sooo elegant too. Neil Poulton did a superb job on these drives. Mine are on 24/7 with no heat issues. I did raise the top stacked drive an extra 1/4" with some adhesive 'feet' to ensure adequate ventilation. Neither drive gets hot..just very slightly warm. I like warm. The blue led in the front bottom edge of these drives frankly for me was also a selling point. They look so damn sexy and sleek with the 'piano black' finish and soft blue glow. Not too bright for me even though others have complained.
The great styling, the 2 year warranty, the LaCie respected brand, the Samsung drives, and the cool, sexy blue light sold me. I am not disappointed. If I need more storage I'll get another one, or two, or three..whatever!!!
So far so good (2010-02-16)
Lots of storage for a good price. Has a simple and functional design. Easy to setup, just hook it up and follow the prompts. Comes with backup software but don't use it. I let Time Machine do the backing up. Basically does what it's suppose to, store data. I guess you really can't say much unless it fails and you loss you data. Without getting into the technical stuff it transfer pretty fast and would be good for most users. I've only had it for two months but will update the review later. As a side note this is my fourth LaCie external hard drive and they are all still running fine.
Awesome hard drive only one tiney issue but no biggie. (2010-02-15)
This is an awesome hard drive but I see on other drives there putting a headphone jack in them also for us to listen to music with. Thats what this hard drive lacks pretty much the only thing it has lacking. If you know how to host your own website you can use your external hard drive and host everything on LaCie EXT HD. Another cool thing is you notice the blue light indicater that tells you when its on. It also tells you when theres activity going on your hard drive. I use this mainly for backing up my cds and movies and theres enough room to host your website. I plan on getting another one when I get my tax return. Just for backup purposes and more space lol. There easy to install and not that many wires if i'm right theres only two wires I could be wrong lol. Anyways if you are on a tight budget this is the hard drive for you. Also keep looking back every other week the price on this hard drive here at amazon keeps jumping around last I look it was down to 98 bucks now its back up. So if you cant afford the extra what 10 bucks for the hard drive come back in a week it might be down or it might be up again who knows.
Very Nice! (2010-02-11)
I bought this for my Fiancee for Christmas! Of course I got awesome service from the retailer (J&R Computer World)and received my HD sooner than promised. My Fiancee had it up and transferring files from her Destop in about two minutes. No problems so far. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who needs an external HD. Matter of fact I am probably going to buy one for myself. I just wish more retailers sold them. I was looking for a 500GB model and could only find one for sale from a private individual. Other than that I give it five stars!
