LaCie d2 500 GB Hard Drive

"Quadra... great for a year"

Strengths: Works great and flawlessly... for the first year.

Weakness: Seems to come with a 367 day self-destruct.

Actually... it seems that it is just the power supply module that goes bad. There are two powers that come from it... a 5 volt line, and a 12 volt line... that dies and drops to about 4 volts. This would be the line that drives the spin. No spin... no HD!! So AFTER LaCie sends you another one (for free)... be sure to put a shut off switch on the plug end, when not in use. Seems the heat from it...

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LaCie d2 Quadra External 500GB Hard Drive

Strengths: Solid construction; plug & play for Mac; true power switch; quad interface for longevity; quiet, only invoking fan when needed. Priced competitively; 3 year warranty.

Weakness: Form factor not consistent with other peripherals; Needs second FW400 port in my opinion; Won't work as an alternate boot drive directly from Mac OS 9.

All in all I am very satisfied with this drive. 500GB is ample space. Bought to replace a failing 200GB Maxtor. The competition has gone to "auto-sensing" technology so their drives have no true power-on switch. What a mistake! And only scant acknowledgement of the Mac platform at that. LaCie shows real leadership by providing a three-way power switch (On or Auto, at the users option) in a drive...

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Overall a high quality backup hard drive

Strengths: Large number of ports; quality construction

Weakness: A little noisy

I'm very happy with this purchase, but I was a little surprised by how much noisier the drive is than my iMac. I think this problem will be easily solved by getting a longer firewire cord and moving it further from my computer.

LaCie d2 Quadra External 500GB Hard Drive

Strengths: Quite, Easy set up for iMac,Comes with all cables,FAST

Weakness: none yet

Just picked this up for new iMac. Set up was a breeze including partioning for Time Machine, iPhoto, iTunes. It match's pretty well with the aluminum iMacs and you can stand up or lie down, also rack mountable with other LaCie drives as your library expands. Bottom line wanted a good drive that was fast and reliable, i think this fits the bill.

A Rare Breed

Strengths: Quad interface! Solid metal housing (heavy) and base. Fan is nearly silent (had to listen carefully).

Weakness: No SATA 2 interface. Some noises. Heavy, random drive access causes a soft clicking or buzz. Drive has a quiet, very high-pitched whine which is normal, but annoying to my sensitive ears.

Speedy, versatile and solid. This drive performs well, and connects to any interface I need. I only wish the ESATA port had SATA 2 support, like my MyBook Studio drive. This drive is much hardier than the MyBook though. My d2 Quadra contains a Seagate ST3500630AS drive. The lack of a SATA 2 interface means the top speed of this drive is nearly the same as Firewire 800. ESATA 1 Benchmarks Transfer...

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Great Product, Performance, and Value

Strengths: Easy setup and fast data transfer.

Weakness: Not sure about the power saving feature. It is supposed to be turned off when the computer goes off, but mine does not. I will check with LaCie on this.

I am using the drive with the Mac Time Machine on my Power Mac G5 and it works like a champ. It was immediately recognized and configured by the Leopard OS. I also have the companion LaCie external d2 DVD-CD drive and both are mounted in the LaCie desktop rack, providing organization and security for the equipment.

Lacie D2 Quadra

Strengths: Very easy to set up. Just load the software and go.

Weakness: None so far

The D2 Quadra is a little power house. I like the fact that I can easily create partitions. With some easy programming, you can push the button in front of the unit that will save specific projects or groups of files. Very cool.

Good value for the money

Strengths: Easy to easy, quiet, hard sturdy case

Weakness: Only complaint is that is takes long to format because it's such a large hard drive and it comes preformatted for Mac. That's not the drives fault though.

After the drive was formatted, it was easily to use. There is an On/Off/Auto power switch that is supposed to shut the drive off when the PC is shut down, but I think you need to install the software/drivers included for that to work. I have not done that yet, but I'm sure the Auto will work fine once I do. Comes with plenty of options to connect to your PC/Mac, although it comes with 2 firewire...

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LaCie d2 Quadra External 500GB Hard Drive - USB...

Strengths: Easy to set up, with clear instructions. VERY quiet and cool. Nice looking style with a small footprint. Heavy, sturdy case. Comes with 4 Interfaces w/cables, Retrospect HD 2.0, plus a 2 year warranty

Weakness: None I have found.

The LaCie drive was immediately recognized by my computer with the USB 2.0 connection. I haven't tried the FW400. I partitioned the drive and did NTFS formats for XP, installed the Retrospect HD 2.0. And was off and running in no time. I use Retrospect to automatically backup my C & D drives to one partition. True Image automatically makes images of my drives on the other partition. I alternate...

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New d2 Quadra external 500GB Hard Drive

Strengths: Easy instilation with no problems. I am amazed how well it worked right from the begining and its speed.

Weakness: none

I have an Apple and was advised to use your external hard drive. Everything worked with out a hitch and its design is great Backed up with great speed and ease