On 20/12/02 8:35, "Nick Wilcox-Brown" wrote: > The new LaCie D2 drives are superb. Small, elegant and beautifully made. > Once connected they work as a permanent drive ( ie turn on /off with the > computer), but fully hot unpluggable. > Sizes from 80 - 500Gb ( half a terrabyte!). Price is approx proportional > to size. > > Most useful, they are nearly silent; a totally out of charcter deparure > for LaCie
Silent LaCie's? Blimey that is a miracle :-) Though having seen their new d2 cases in the flesh, miracles do happen! Their old cases were extremely cheap and nasty and the drives were very noisy. The new cases are beautiful and look very well made. If silence is an added xtra, they should be pretty unbeatable. Also check out EZQuest's. They are very well made, and a year ago were ahead of the pack in terms of speed. Obviously times change, but its worth checking if they have updated their range. When doing research, look out for info on spindle speeds. A lot of drives only run at 5400rpm still, a mains powered unit should be running at 7200rpm nowadays. Unless its a very portable model. Paul -- Paul Tansley Fashion & Beauty Photography London +44 (0) 7973 669584 http://www.paultansley.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
