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Please help: "WD My Passport Studio" VS "Lacie Rugged"

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thorskywalker

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May 5, 2009
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Hello,

i need to buy a portable 500GB HDD and after reading endless reviews, i just cant decide which one is better..
i am using a mac book pro so i will use it mainly to back up my stuff on my mac, but i am also wondering, will i be able to transfer files from a PC aswell? if i ever need to?

both the Lacie Rugged and the WD My Studio have:

500 GB
usb
firewire 400
firewire 800
same price
similar size

can someone please tell me which way to go???? i really need to buy one as quick as possible and these 2 seem to similar i cant decide...

thank you very much...
 
My first choice is neither, buy a seagate or samsung harddrive and an icy dock enclosure from newegg.com.


But, if you want one of those two for sure Id go the lacie. Waaay too many mybooks in my office that are dead.
 
Lacie has always served me well. And the Rugged is a great choice-- highly recommended. (You can even change the sleeves!!!!)
 
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thanks to everyone who replied... wow.. we have 2 votes for a Seagate and 1 for Lacie and 1 for WD..

things cant get more complicated than that... :)
 
I bought 2 Lacie 500GB drives about 18 months ago and am now in the market for another (want a back up that I can take and leave at work as an off site backup).

Will be going for Lacie again as I've had no issues with either of mine :)
 
To add to my previous post lacies I believe all use seagates now (at least all that I've come across are)

The reason I said neither is because with pre-enclosed drives it can be a pain to get the drive out if the enclosure goes bad.
 
I have used both lacie and wd for years they are both good - so it all depends on your mood :)
 
I have a LaCie Quadra 500 GB HD. It died 6 months before warranty expired (18 Mos). I got absolutely nowhere online or by telephone. I had to write directly to LaCie to get a return RMA number for a repair. I would never buy another after this very poor showing in technical assistance.
 
miles01110 said:
If you have to buy one of those two, go with the Western Digital. At least that way you know what brand of drive you're getting.
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Agreed, I bought a 1 TB Western Digital My Book off Amazon for around $120 and I have had no problems with it thus far.
 
I've always religiously used WD's. I've never had one let me down. I've still got an 80gb passport that's been through hell and it runs like a champ. I'm considering upgrading to a 250 soon (don't need a ton of space, just room for vm's)
 
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