It might not be the most aesthetically pleasing portable hard drive on the market, but this offering from LaCie appears to outdo many of its direct competitors on two fronts.
First, this is a rugged portable hard drive, being able to withstand a lot of pain and abuse. According to LaCie, the shock-resistant orange rubber bumper will allow the drive to survive some nasty drops and spills. There is internal shock protection as well, because shock and vibration are two of things that can seriously damage a hard drive.
Second, this portable hard drive comes with a whopping 500 gigabytes of storage capacity. That’s half a terabyte in the palm of your hand and LaCie is saying that this is “the most protected 500GB you’ll ever hold.” Use that space to store pictures, videos, important documents, or whatever other digital information you need to stow away and carry around. The LaCie Rugged Hard Disk connects via USB 2.0 and is completely plug-and-play.
The retail price on the 500GB LaCie Rugged Portable Hard Drive is $339.99. The same drive is also available in 80GB, 160GB, 250GB, and 320GB capacities.
Tyler
April 28, 2008 1:24 pm
I would of thought it was a Personal Flotation Device if I didn’t now it was a LaCie product ;) If it didn’t fit in the palm of your hand you could strap oars to that thing and float it down the Mighty Fraser!
Raul
April 28, 2008 2:58 pm
I actually also thought it was a Personal Flotation Device ;)
500 GB Holy smokes!
blogadmin
April 28, 2008 3:18 pm
It must be the orange.
From a branding perspective I think that this would be a miss. They should have made it silver and that would not have been a problem.
Shawn
April 29, 2008 1:08 pm
I think $400 is an awful lot of money for a 500GB drive….