Reliable, bus powered AND rugged

Durable; Good Value; High Quality

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LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive

The Good Strong, tough build. Wide range of capacities available. True plug and play, including USB 1.1. Bus-powered. Support for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.

Strong, tough build; Wide range of capacities available; True plug and play, including USB 1.1; Bus-powered; Support for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X

Large price gap between USB and FireWire models; No Activity light

LaCie Rugged Hard Drive

Fresh from their colourful 'Bricks' series of hard drives, LaCie has released a new 'rugged' external storage drive, cased in aluminum and protected by a rather bright orange rubberized coating.

Triple interface; no power required

Small drop distance; No protection for rear ports