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Lacie d2 Quadra 500GB Review

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  1. Jack Casper •  April 6, 2008
    Rating: 1.5/5

    There is no documentation for using the drive with vista. I later learned through tech support that it’s a “plug and play” drive with vista. Nevertheless, it will not work with vista and a firewire interface – only with a USB. Maybe I got a bad drive, but the whole LaCie experience is less than desirable. I’m going back to Seagate and Maxtor.

    Rating: 3 :: 0 out of 1 people found this user review helpful.

  2. Bryan Buehler •  April 14, 2008
    Rating: 5/5

    Drive works extremely well. Well designed and very quiet. No problems running it on OS 10.4 or 10.5 switching between iMac’s, MacBooks and MacBook Pro’s.

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  3. Ryan Dawson •  May 8, 2008
    Rating: 2.5/5

    I have used this drive with no problems on Windows XP and Vista. Setup was easy and perform bac-ups to this drive weekly with no problems. Have heard people say that their hard drives are not recognized on Vista through USB. That is a Vista OS problem not identifying the drivers and not a LaCie hard drive problem. Great product!!

    Rating: 5 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  4. Inkman87 •  August 11, 2008
    Rating: 5/5

    Got the 500MB version to use as a Mac Time Machine drive. Installation was simple and quick. Mine is connected via Firewire 800 and is extremely quick and quiet. So far overall this has been an excellent experience.

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  5. Kevin •  September 29, 2008
    Rating: 5/5

    yea if you’re using vista use some ordinary brand like Seagate, WD, or Maxtor…but if you’re a Mac person and want a similar harddrive to your quality computer, the Lacie drives are the way to go. This d2 quadra is a tank, built well, feels like it’s actually made well…not some kinda plastic. It’s also very quiet.

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  6. Paul Littler •  May 20, 2009
    Rating: 5/5

    I bought a 120Gig Lacie d2 hard drive five years ago and have constantly used it for video editing and have thrashed it and it’s never given me any trouble at all. It’s a quality drive and although it’s more expensive than “other” drives, it’s worth it in the long run because it’s so reliable. It’s truly worth it’s weight.

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

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