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LaCie D2 Quadra

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Pros
Four data interfaces
Fast performance
Cons
Slight price premium

Pricing: Inexpensive: $190 (10/7/2008)
Performance: Superior: 90
Features: Poor: 59
Design: Very Good: 82

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $190

Cost per Gigabyte - $0.38

Performance

Superior: 90

PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested	External SATA-300
Primary Volume - Virus Scan	151.06
Primary Volume - Windows File Search	108.32
External Read - Files and Folders	65.56
External Read - Large File	44.22
External Write - Files and Folders	86.94
External Write - Large File	47.11

Features

Poor: 59

Basics
Drive size (GB)	500GB
Supported Interface(s)	External SATA-150, USB 2.0, FireWire 800/400
Speed (RPM)	7200
Buffer Size (MB)	16

Other
Installation Kit Hardware	SATA cable, power adapter, USB cable, silver stand
Bundled Software	1-click backup software, EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.0

Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years)	Two
Parts Warranty (years)	Two
Weekday Support Hours	12
Saturday Support Hours	0
Sunday Support Hours	0
Toll-Free Support	No

Design

Very Good: 82

User Reviews for LaCie D2 Quadra

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Duration of ownership:

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

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

Overall Evaluation: 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 always being plugged in kills them.
Reviewed by: fymbscu

Duration of ownership:

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.

Weaknesses: 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.

Overall Evaluation: 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 targeted at Macs first. I have partitioned the drive and can boot up from it with an alternate OS. Competition left in the dust. This is such a transitional period in computer advances that backwards compatibility and forward- thinking versatility are really desirable and LaCie provides it in spades with this drive. Been running the drive since late November without a hitch.