Product Description

LaCie 500Gb D2 Quadra Hard Disk Drive 301825EK
• LaCie d2 Quadra hard disk drive with FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0• Perfect for digital content creation, audio/video editing, DVD-authoring, web animation, etc• Quadruple interface for full PC/Mac compatibility• Capacity 500 GB.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23637 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: LaCie
• Model: 301825EK
• Released on: 2008-10-01
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 3.31 pounds
• Hard Disk: 500GB

Features

• LaCie 500Gb D2 Quadra Hard Disk Drive 301825EK
  • LaCie d2 Quadra hard disk drive with FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0• Perfect for digital content creation, audio/video editing, DVD-authoring, web animation, etc• Quadruple int

Manufacturer's Description
Fully loaded with all the best interfaces - eSATA 3Gbits, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 - this all-in-one professional hard disk offers universal connectivity for PC and Mac users. For easy setup, the LaCie Setup Assistant helps format according to your needs. The unique, fanless aluminum heat sink design with 60% more surface area for heat dissipation keeps it quiet and safe. With the LaCie Shortcut Button***, easily launch any application in one push such as the included EMC¨ Retrospect¨ advanced backup software (PC/Mac). Perfect for digital content creation, audio/video editing, DVD authoring, and web animation, etc., the d2 Quadra can handle multiple demanding professional tasks. It can be daisy-chained via FireWire or connected to your DV camera and is even bootable in FireWire for Mac and in eSATA for Mac/PC.

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Customer Reviews

Dull, but solid as a rock.
They don't look the best, but if you want solid, fast and reliable perfomance from a hard drive you leave beneath the desk while you get on with your life, these are the ones.

I've tried a whole bunch of hard drives. They have been sexier looking, but have all failed.

These are work horses, not works of art.

Mac Users
Backing up both Tiger and Leopard on a Mac, using separate bootable partitions proved somewhat tricky with this drive, but I got there in the end after much forum scrutinizing and cable swapping.

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Quadra d2 Hard Disk
I bought this because I needed back-up facilities for both Mac and PC. It does the job and I liked the ability to choose between USB and Firewire connections. Maybe the eSATA provision will be useful in future. The instructions on setting up for dual PC/Mac function were not as clear as I would have liked- to many options without sufficient guidance. Overall satisfied.