LaCie External or Seagate?

[CalBoy]

Have any of you had any bad experiences with this external?

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10763

It's $105 for 320GB, which I figure is a good price. My other option is to get a Seagate for $25 more:

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...ae90110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&reqPage=Model

(I was too lazy to use words, so you guys get the whole link ).

Any ideas? If you think neither of these is very good, feel free to recommend a different brand and I'll check it out.

Thanks!

 

[tersono]

I've used both brands, although not those specific models. Never had any trouble with either of 'em. If it were me I'd probably spring a little more and buy the LaCie D2 design, which always feels a bit more solid to me, but that's just personal preference. There's not a lot to choose between the two you've linked, and they're both likely to be reliable, so I'd go for whichever you like the look of

 

[Vader]

I would see no reason to get the seagate over the Lacie. For one thing, look at the designs! Also Lacie is a trusted drive maker, and it is cheaper, seems like an easy choice to me. Only thing would be that neither have firewire, but if that is not necessary for your use, then get the Lacie.

Oh, and why not go to the 500gb for $15 more? Remember this, the actual formated space on a 320gb drive will be about 298gb or less, and a 500gb would be 465gb or less.

 

[CalBoy]

Thanks for your tips, but now I have a third swing factor

FRYS has a Maxtor(I've heard so-so reviews about this brand, so I'm not sure how confident I am with this idea) on sale for $94, and it's 500GB. I just saw the ad two minutes ago while having breakfast

So, what do you guys think? Worth it (monetarily, it certainly seems so).

As for the storage limit, I know that the actual capacity is less, but that really doesn't bother me. I think my initial usage will use up ~30GB, followed by minor additions (I figure no more than about 10GB/year), so the drive (320 or 500) will last me quite a while.

Thanks again for your responses.

PS: Firewire would be nice, but I'm not willing to pay a lot more for it. After the initial transfer, I would only be moving about 10MB or less everyday, which USB will handle just fine.

 

[jackc]

LaCie seems like it would be more solid, but I've heard a lot of complaints and I had one die on me. I bought a Seagate, we'll see how it holds up.

Of course there are lots of anecdotes for any brand, so you can't really go by that.

 

[notsofatjames]

Buy both, spin them till their death, and post back results here. I'll put £10 on the Lacie dying first..

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

I have the 250GB FireWire version of the porsche and it's great.

I'd reccomend it. Get FireWire, though... tons better than USB 2.0

 

[CalBoy]

Buy both, spin them till their death, and post back results here. I'll put £10 on the Lacie dying first..

I take it you've had a bad Lacie? Thanks for advice though. What about that $94 Maxtor? Any thoughts on that beast?

I have the 250GB FireWire version of the porsche and it's great.

I'd reccomend it. Get FireWire, though... tons better than USB 2.0

I would, but it's an extra $35 just for Firewire. Like I said, after the initial transfer, my updates will be frequent and low in size, so I'd only see a marginal gain from Firewire. Now if only the new iPods used Firewire...

 

[Zmmyt]

I have a lacie d2 triple interface. it's okay, but the build quality is crap.

Next external HDD will be a G-Drive, as long as I can get it in the UK.

 

[CalBoy]

I have a lacie d2 triple interface. it's okay, but the build quality is crap.

Next external HDD will be a G-Drive, as long as I can get it in the UK.

That is one sweet looking drive.

*Wants one*

 

[Vader]

About the Maxtor, I had a 160gb Maxtor that worked for me for 4 years, when I sold it for a 500gb Seagate. I trust Maxtor drives, but some people don't.
Also, my brother had a 320gb Lacie (firewire 800 Porsche) and it overheated and died, but he thinks it was because it was sandwiched between another hd and a dvd-burner and against the wall.

 

[CalBoy]

About the Maxtor, I had a 160gb Maxtor that worked for me for 4 years, when I sold it for a 500gb Seagate. I trust Maxtor drives, but some people don't.
Also, my brother had a 320gb Lacie (firewire 800 Porsche) and it overheated and died, but he thinks it was because it was sandwiched between another hd and a dvd-burner and against the wall.

Since I'm going to be using for a short time each day (low chances of overheating, etc), the Maxtor offers the best value for me no? At $94, it looks to be quite a bargain!

Thanks again for the viewpoints (they've helped me a lot).

 

[devman]

Am I missing something here? LaCie are not a hard drive maker are they? They do the enclosures, firmware, fans, interfaces, etc. but the actual hard drives are maxtors, or seagates, or...

I'm happy to learn something and be wrong about this though (?)