32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
Recommended for Mac users
I own a MacBook Pro and bought this unit to backup my writing, photos, and music. It's easy to use--just hook it up to your Mac and the software will be automatically downloaded onto your drive. The standard back up software is simple and one of the best on the market. It emits only a slight hum as it works; it's simple but elegantly designed (better than it looks...
25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
So Far So Good
It works right now after a few weeks of service.
I have 7 Lacie Hard drives, ranging from 78gb to this 500gb.
2 of these, the 78, and a 160gb crapped out on me some ago. With 3rd party software, I was able to recover data from the 78gb, and reformat it to work again. I was not so fortunate with the 160gb. I was never able to recover data, or get it to...
I own a MacBook Pro and bought this unit to backup my writing, photos, and music. It's easy to use--just hook it up to your Mac and the software will be automatically downloaded onto your drive. The standard back up software is simple and one of the best on the market. It emits only a slight hum as it works; it's simple but elegantly designed (better than it looks online).
I looked around for a long time before buying this unit on the recommendation of two long-time Mac users. If you're a Mac user looking to backup your drive for the first time, this will make the transition to security very easy.
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The previous reviewer obviously hates this HDD, but maybe the reviewer should hate Windows! Before purchasing I researched this HDD up and down on the internet (majority of people LOVE IT!)
I'm one who loves this external hard drive right out of the box! Thanks to Amazon's great price and cheap next day shipping I received this item and in 90 minutes I have everything formatted and almost everything transfered to the drive! I am not sure if it's Mac's simplicity, the HDD's dumb-proof design, or both working perfect together!
I am by no means a power user when it comes to external HDDs. I am using this for my PS3 and Mac, it works perfectly with both!
As it transfers my files now I cannot hear it, speeds are fine, and it looks perfect next to my black shiny ps3!
I highly recommend buying this if you're a casual computer/media junky. I can't say how well it will work in a server room in your business.
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I bought this LaCie drive as a large backup drive for my new intel based mac, running os x 10.5 Leopard. I edit a whole lot of video/photos/audio, which I had been backing up to DVDs. If you can imagine the typical stack of dvds that you buy (the tall stack), all used up and scattered around the typical American office, that was me before I bought this drive. Now that I have the space to backup and store everything on the 500gb drive, I can deposit the huge piles of dvds into a trash bin. The drive is quiet, and FAST, when using firewire.
If you want the best drive possible for the money, this is it.
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It works right now after a few weeks of service.
I have 7 Lacie Hard drives, ranging from 78gb to this 500gb.
2 of these, the 78, and a 160gb crapped out on me some ago. With 3rd party software, I was able to recover data from the 78gb, and reformat it to work again. I was not so fortunate with the 160gb. I was never able to recover data, or get it to work. It's a dust collector now.
2 failures out of 7 units mean my Lacie hard drives are failing 29% of the time. That's not very comforting, considering most of us use external hard drives as a safe-guard against data loss.
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Got this drive as a backup drive for my iMac, so ultra-fast speed was less important than quiet, unobtrusive design. This drive is very quiet when running, only noticeable when spinning up from sleep. The bright blue LED was a bit distracting at first, but I've gotten used to it. The only downside to this drive is that it's a just a bit more expensive than the alternatives but sometimes you have to pay a little more for style.
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This drive is quiet, fast, and has a small footprint. It was packaged well. I plugged the hard drive into my iMac and it was immediately recognized. After a quick setup, the drive was ready for action. Thus far, I'm really happy with this drive. I'd make this purchase again.
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This is a great product--out of the box and operational in minutes. (I have a Mac, so that makes a difference.) Very quiet operation and elegant look. It also has a feature where you can partition 32GB of the drive as an exchange with PCs. I set this up but haven't tried it, but like the versatility that this offers.
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Just received this from J&R Computer World. First time it did not mount on my Mac Book (OS X 10.4.11), second time it did but after install would never mount again. Tried FireWire 400 and USB both, neither worked. Tried different cables, nothing. Downloaded firmware update from LaCie, but it could not successfully install the update. Drive does not show up under Disk Utility, and shows only as Unknown Device under System Profiler. My FireWire and USB connections work fine with other peripherals. Called Support at LaCie, other solutions did not work, so now I will be returning this to J&R for exchange. Crossing my fingers that I just got a bad one (which unfortunately seems to be not uncommon with external hard drives). Will re-post as to whether the second one works.
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