On Jun 28, 4:10*pm, Yousuf Khan <bbb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tony of Dyker Beach wrote:
>
> > Has anyone had any experience with these "Lacie" drives?
>
> > Opinions?
>
> I'm using a 500GB USB-only version. It's been working for over a year
> now, a friend of mine has the exact same unit, and he's in love with it
> for some reason. Probably because he likes the convenience of moving the
> drive around from system to system. I tend to keep it attached to one
> system mostly, so it doesn't make much difference to me.
>
> I was a little surprised by how fast it really is, despite the fact that
> it's attached through USB rather than Firewire or eSATA; it's just
> barely slower than my internal drives. Also the drive as it originally
> came, came formatted as FAT32, which is perfect because that's something
> that my dual-boot Windows/Linux systems understand right out of the box.
>
> * * * * Yousuf Khan
With any external drive you do need to happy that there is adequate
cooling.
From memory - so please correct me if I am wrong - not all Lacie
cases have fans.
mscotgrove@aol.com wrote:
> With any external drive you do need to happy that there is adequate
> cooling.
>
> From memory - so please correct me if I am wrong - not all Lacie
> cases have fans.
Yes, this particular LaCie did have built-in cooling. I don't know
whether they all have it or not.
"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> mscotgrove@aol.com wrote:
> Yes, this particular LaCie did have built-in cooling. I don't know whether
> they all have it or not.
No, they don't. I have two of the base models, a 320GB and 500GB and the
design is very poor for air circulation. To make matters worse they use
Seagate drives which naturally run a little hotter than some other brands.
Not over confident in leaving them connected for long durations because they
do get very HOT to the touch.
One unexpected bonus with the advertised 320GB model though is that the
actual drive used is 360GB in capacity. Formats 330 odd GB if memory serves.
Not an off the shelf size you would normally see available. 180GB x 2
platters?
Arno Wagner wrote in news:6cimqkF3gvskrU1@mid.individual.net
> Previously The Coward Robert Ford <no@email.invalid> wrote:
> > Tony of Dyker Beach wrote in news:4vg764dvircc1u1ucf2cif7jotd9fep4hp@4ax.com:
>
> > > Guess that can be said for all of them.
there's a name for it: good business sense.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > My 1TB Comstar external uses 2 500GB Hitachi Dekstars, they are not crap.
No? You an expert?
> > My 500GB Acomdata external uses Western Digital WD50 00AAVS-00ZTB0.
> > Are those crap?
Why are you asking since you obviously are an expert.
>
> The WD have interface issues, but it they work in the enclosure,
> then they are reasobable. But that is not the point. The point is
> whether you can depend on good drives being used or whether these are
> spot-market drives, sometimes good, sometimes bad.
Ah yes, you never know when harddrive manufacturers order the
'special' batch, with issues specifically tailored to the spot market.
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