LaCie Rugged XL 2 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 301873U

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LaCie Rugged XL 2 Drive 301873U
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  2. Publisher: Lacie
  3. Format: CD-ROM

Product Review

The LaCie Rugged XL, Design by Neil Poulton combines high-capacity storage with a user-centric design. Setup is effortless;it's plug & play and offers customizable formatting with the LaCie Setup Assistant. LaCie Backup Assistant software is also included for PC/Mac users for easy, automatic backups. This advanced hard disk features aluminum casing, which provides superior protection on your desk. Its extremely resistant and tough design comes complete with a rubber sleeve, internal bumper, and heat dissipating features, making the LaCie Rugged XL both sturdy and effective. The LaCie Rugged XL makes a statement on your desktop, with its design, based on the original award-winning LaCie Rugged Hard Disk, and colorful presence. With versatile USB 2.0 and the lightning-fast eSATA 3Gb/s interface means your Rugged XL will be as fast as it is reliable. The user-friendly LaCie Rugged XL, Design by Neil Poulton makes a great companion to your PC or Mac.

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Average Customer Review
3.2 out of 5 stars (55 customer reviews)

67 of 76 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Drive is fine, but be careful of the size., July 11, 2009
J. Scott "iocomposer" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie Rugged XL 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 301848U (Personal Computers)
The drive works fine, as expected. No problems at all. However, being a big fan of the smaller 2.5" rugged drives, I bought this sight unseen without reading the description. Turns out it's a 3.5" drive in a much larger enclosure that looks exactly like the smaller ones in a picture but is actually much larger. I'm an admitted bonehead, so it's my fault but I'm taking off a star for the drive looking exactly like the smaller version that has become a bit of a standard around Hollywood.

Also, there's now no express card slots in the new MacBook Pros, so you can't use esata at all. Not a good drive if you're looking to use it with a new Macbook Pro.


13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome External HDD, February 19, 2010
Marcos Agrelli "marcosagrelliphotography" (MIAMI, FL, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie Rugged XL 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 301848U (Personal Computers)
Strong, Easy to use and fast, faster when use eSATA. I use for my photo editions in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom 2.5. I do thousands of Wedding and Engagement photos, after work I put everything on this HDD. Is perfect combine with my Mac Book Pro. I recommend.
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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars DOES NOT LAST!, February 23, 2010
Ty (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie Rugged XL 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 301848U (Personal Computers)
I never write reviews because things usually work! I used this drive twice and it failed COMPLETELY on the 2nd job. Luckily the footage we shot was backed up on another drive or we would be dead in the water. Wish I could recommend this drive (have 4 of the 500GB rugged drives which seem to perform better) but buyer beware. They look cool but can't say the same for performance.

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