True, but that was about two months ago. Hitachi . . . to me. . . still makes some pretty reliable drives. As does Seagate and Western Digital I might add.
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Fact is, they are all pretty much the same. If they act up in the first few days/weeks then don't hesitate in sending it back right away. If not, then count on 3 years for your average consumer drive, and 5 years for a server/enterprise class drive. After that it's anyone's game.
Always . . . . ALWAYS back up your data because ALL fast spinning platters die eventually.
LaCie makes cases, so any issues that come about may actually be because of the case. I've had about 3 D2 series drives that "died" on me and I later found out that it was just the power brick that crapped out. I had already taken the drives apart by then and put them in new cases though.
In the end, I'll still buy whatever product gets my job done at the best price. Just got a LaCie TBolt to eSATA hub and it's keeping pace with my Drobo S loaded with Hitachi HDDs. My 2nd Gen Drobo still has some WD green powers in them, and I still have 3 other LaCie portables that've been kicking it for 5+ years.
I'd really like to see where the gobbling up of these drives/case makers is going.
I really like my "rugged" LaCie drive. It's done the job for 3 years. Hopefully, Seagate doesn't mess them up for when I get my next one.
Probably some of the best portable drives I've owned.
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