Editorial Reviews
Product Description: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 Hi-Speed 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. System Requirements: PC or Mac with USB 2.0 interface or eSATA interface Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista¿/ Mac® OS X 10.3 or higher, Pentium II 350MHz processor or greater /G3, Mac Intel processor or greater Minimum free disk space: 600MB recommended. Box Contents: LaCie Rugged XL, USB 2.0 cable, eSATA cable, External power supply, Quick Install Guide, LaCie Utilities (preloaded on the drive): LaCie Setup Assistant, LaCie Backup Assistant, User Manual.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
USB or ESATA, October 31, 2009
By
Daniel Keller (Burke, VA USA)
I recently got a new laptop with an ESATA port. I use this hard drive to make periodical backups for my computer. My laptop has ~250GB worth of stuff on it, so it saves a lot of frustration for an impatient guy like me when the transfer speed is so high. It's also pretty nice that it has USB compatibility as well. My previous computer was an old clunker from 2001, so it didn't have an ESATA port. When I got the new computer, I was able to use the USB connection to copy the files from the old computer onto the external drive, then use the ESATA connection to transfer that to the new computer (and at a faster speed, to boot.)
My only real complaint about this product? You can't use the ESATA and USB connections at the same time.
Great Product, September 16, 2009
By
M. Manchester (USA)
This product is very well made and works fine and i exspect it too keep working for a very long time. however the one thing i dnt like is the software on it that i dnt know how to take off... it keeps it from being used with other forms of technology like and xbox 360 or playstation 3. those systems dnt recognize it and it sucks because i used to watch movies on the tv through the external so as far as im concerned its a computer only external. It has a large amount of space which is a plus for a great price for something soo solid. A++++
Just work for a week, September 12, 2009
By
Luis F. GuerreroThis unit has a strong look. But it has the same trouble of all external hard drive. The energy turn off and the port USB soen't work until today. I do not loss the information because the SATA port to works.
I never will use this units again
Drive is fine, but be careful of the size., July 11, 2009
By
J. Scott (Los Angeles, CA)
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.
