Gizmodo: LaCie

LaCie 5Big is Slightly Less Infamous Than HAL 9000

Jack Loftus — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:30:00 EDT

We doubt that the LaCie 5big Network storage array will one day spontaneously become self-aware and take over your office, but the visual nod to HAL is unmistakable nevertheless. And on purpose. Designer Neil Poulton said he created the array thanks to inspiration from the supercomputer at the heart of 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, aside from that all seeing eye thing on the front, this beast is all about affordable storage, not ending your life.

At the LaCie web site, we learn the 5big has five hot-swappable Serial ATA drive bays that, when fully loaded, can hold up to 7.5 terabytes of information.

There's some leeway on config options too, as the drives can be configured into RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 0. Additional external drives connect with USB 2.0 or SATA ports.

The 5big works with Windows, Mac and Linux at three different price points. The 2.5TB version is $899; 5.0TB clocks in at $1399; and 7.5TB will set you back $1899. Keep it away from airlocks, just in case.[Technabob]

LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra: 1TB in Your Hand

Mark Wilson — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:29:00 EDT

LaCie's LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra has been around for some time, but it's just gotten a major capacity boost. Now the external eSATA/Firewire 800 drive supports up to 1 terabyte of storage by utilizing two 2.5-inch 500GB drives in a RAID 0 configuration. It's not quite iPod-sleek storage, but the Little Big Disk can fit in your hand (pending you can lift 1.4lbs). The new Little Big Disk Quadra runs $659.99. [LaCie via Fareastgizmos]

LaCie Rugged Portable Hard Drive Now Squeezes in 500GB

matt buchanan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT

LaCie's Rugged line of portable hard drives isn't the first to cram 500GB into your pocket, but they're betting it's the most protected 500GB you'll ever hold, with a shock-resistant (and ugly) orange rubber bumper padding the internal shock protection. Buffalo's 500GB option is sleeker and has thwack-thwarting tech of its own, but the brickier Rugged probably has more brick-like durability, and it's $30 cheaper, so assess your needs accordingly. [LaCie]

LaCie 1TB Desktop Hard Drive: I...Can't...Look...Away

Sean Fallon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:30:03 EDT

So a 1TB external drive is nothing new, but it is hard to deny that this thing is pretty...real pretty. LaCie has been getting heavy into the aluminum casings recently, which may play a factor in cooling, but those devices definitely did not bring this kind of cool stealth technology vibe that is so intoxicating. Users can also expect 7200rpm spindle speeds and USB 2.0. At the moment, there is no price or release date information available. [LaCie via Gizmos.es]

LaCie's Little Disk: Littlest 40GB Drives

Brian Lam — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:33:15 EST

Samsung's A1 drives, the 1.3-inch platter models that fit 30-40GB inside, are being shoved into these little LaCie portables, the new Little Disk and in the updated USB Key Max. With this kind of bit density and 2MB buffers, the drives should be somewhat quick despite the 3600rpm spindle speed, and 40GB is no joke, especially in these shock-resistant drives that look imminently pocketable. [TechOn via Engadget]

LaCie HDDs and Screens: d2 Quadra, Big Disk Extreme+, Little Big Disk Quadra HDDs, LaCinema Premier, 324 LCD Display

Haroon Malik — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:30:00 EST

The guys at LaCie just announced four new external hard drives, aimed at various markets and a 24-inch stonking screen. Check out the lot below:
• LaCie d2 Quadra ($189.) Offers quadruple interface (USB/FW400/FW800/eSATA), and will be available in capacities ranging from 320GB to 1TB. It has a large surface area, meaning heat dissipation is particularly efficient, making for minimal fan noise.

• Little Big Disk Quadra ($475.) Designed with video editing in mind, fast speeds, large content handling and portability is the deal with this drive. Available in 7200 RPM (400GB) and 5400 RPM (500GB) versions.

• LaCinema Premier ($229). Functions as a multimedia hard drive, with a USB 2.0 connection port. PC and Mac compatible, it is available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB versions. There's no word on what files are supported beyond, "a wide range of video, audio and photo formats," so we guess that has you covered.

• LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ ($360). Which has eSATA and USB2.0 connection ports, will be available in 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB capacities. Mac and PC compatible, it contains a self backup software suite and has super fast 3Gbits eSATA connectivity.

• LaCie 324 LCD Display. This is a 24-inch monitor with professionals in mind. Various technologies in place (Gamma Correction,) ensure minimal on screen banding. It has a 16:10 wide-screen format and will retail for $1050 when it hits in January.

Check the press release below:

LaCie Announces Five New Solutions
At CES 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
PORTLAND, OR (January 2008) - LaCie is bringing in the New Year by
announcing five new solutions at this year's Consumer Electronic Show (CES)
in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7-10. To help customers easily manage their
digital lives, from professionals to everyday users, these new LaCie
products pair innovative design with powerful technology to create ultimate
Solutions by Design.

These new products are based on LaCie's philosophy of bringing to market
simple-to-use, yet sophisticated solutions designed to perform flawlessly
under pressure. For a hands-on look, please visit us at the Sands Expo and
Convention Center, booth number 73743.

New products include:

LaCie d2 Quadra is newly redesigned yet still offers the same quadruple
interface (USB/FW400/FW800/eSATA) usability the drive became famous for.
With 60 percent more surface area than a standard design, it offers more
efficient heat dissipation without the need of a noisy fan. Available in
capacities of 320GB to 1TB, the easy-to-use d2 Quadra is a professional
solution for multiple high performance storage applications. The d2 Quadra
is available today starting at $189.

LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra is an amazingly fast mobile disk designed for
speed-intensive and capacity demanding applications such as digital content
creation, high-volume data exchange, and video editing - all while on the
road. As fast as the thoroughbred LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ desktop drive,
the Little Big Disk has been designed by Neil Poulton to offer quiet
operation and superior heat dissipation with an integrated fanless cooling
system. Ensuring superior reliability thanks to its aluminum heat-sink
design, the Little Big Disk Quadra will be available in 400GB and 500GB
versions with either 7200 or 5400 RPM drives, respectively. The Little Big
Disk Quadra is available today starting at $475.

LaCie LaCinema Premier is a USB 2.0, multimedia hard drive that easily
creates a home entertainment center for enjoying movies, photos and music.
Connect the device to a PC or Mac to transfer digital files, when done,
simply plug the device directly into a television for instant playback.
Available in capacities of 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB, the LaCinema Premier
supports a wide range of video, audio and photo formats, while an optical
output enables surround sound enjoyment. Designed for ease of use, playback
can be navigated using an on-screen menu and the included remote control.
The LaCinema Premier is available today starting at $229.

LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ eSATA and USB 2.0 will be available in 1TB, 1.5TB,
and 2TB capacities and comes with professional EMC® Retrospect® for advanced
backup management and data restoration for Windows and Mac users. This
versatile storage solution is equipped with blazing fast eSATA 3Gbits
connectivity, and can reach impressive burst transfers rates of up to
125MB/s thanks to built-in RAID 0 capabilities. The LaCie Big Disk
Extreme+ is very easy to use and features the quintessential Neil Poulton d2
design
maximum protection and heat dissipation. The LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ eSATA
and USB 2.0 version will be available February '08 starting at $360.

LaCie 324 LCD Display is a new 24-inch monitor targeting the needs of
creative professionals. Equipped with an industry-leading S-PVA panel,
which offers superb colors thanks to its wide 92 percent NTSC gamut, the new
LaCie 324 also embeds a 10-bit Gamma Correction mechanism that minimizes
banding and ensures color gradients are smoothly rendered. With its 16:10
wide-screen format, this monitor can showcase two letter-size (A4) pages
side by side with additional room for palettes and toolbars. The LaCie 324
will be available end of January starting at $1050.

About LaCie

Located in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore and Hong
Kong, LaCie is the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for PC,
Apple and Linux users. LaCie creates external storage solutions and color
monitors that help professionals and everyday people easily manage their
digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original
designs and leading-edge technology. Established in France in 1989, LaCie is
listed on Euronext under FR0000054314 (LAC). For more information, visit
www.lacie.com .

LaCie Adds Neil Poulton-Designed External HD To Classy Drive Roster

Jason Chen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:15:17 EST

LaCie's no stranger to getting designers to fashion up external hard drive designs, what with Sam Hecht, Ora-Ito, Karim Rashid, GmbH and the LEGO guy (actually also Ora-Ito) lending their name to designs. This latest one by Neil Poulton looks like the 2001 monolith sans naked monkeys, but with an eerie blue ambient light on the front emanated by an LED on the bottom. You'd normally have to pay some kind of huge price premium for designs, but LaCie's $149 for 500GB seems pretty reasonable. Ships January. [LaCie via PC World]

LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Streams Media, Acts As iTunes Music Server

Jason Chen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:30:21 EDT

Not only is this LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini capable of streaming fast video over its Gigabit Ethernet to a UPnP media player, it's got file backup, file synchronization, and iTunes server capabilities. It's an update to the Ethernet Disk Mini from two years ago, but offers 500GB of storage plus all those networking functions for a price of only $199. We have to get our hands on one to see what its performance is, but from the spec sheet this looks pretty fantastic. [LaCie]

LaCie Silverscreen Media Center Plays Back DivX In 1080i

Jason Chen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:15:16 EDT

LaCie's revived their old Silverscreen brand to bring you a 1080i, 500GB capacity media player that handles DivX files. It plus directly into your TV via component, and can even support 5.1 Dolby Digital via its optical out. MP3 audio files and JPG picture viewing is also included, but unfortunately the Silverscreen still doesn't include video recording, just playback. A DVR this ain't. [Fosfor]

LaCie Taps Designer Sam Hecht For New Portable Hard Drives, DVD Burners

Adrian Covert — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:43:38 EDT

LaCie new line of portable drives are notable for one reason—they were designed by Sam Hecht. The famed industrial designer (Whirlpool, Epson) gave the hard drives, ranging from 30-250 GB, a minimal glossy look, with an end cap that hides the ports and retractable USB cable. The 8X DVD burner sports a similar look and comes with LightScribe technology. LaCie's new offerings are available now starting at $90 for the hard drives and $100 for the DVD burner. [Digital Trends]

LaCie Unveils 2big Disks at 2TB Each

Jason Chen — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:00:20 EDT

Three more big disks from LaCie today, one called the 2big Dual, one called the 2big Triple and the last the 2big Network. They all look pretty much identical except for their connectivity ports on the back, since the 2big Triple has USB 2.0, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800, the 2big Dual has eSATA and USB2.0, while the 2big Network has Gigabit Ethernet. All three are priced exactly the same, with 1TB going for $409, 1.5TB for $619, and 2TB for $939. Get your hands on a big disk come October. 2TB may sound like too much space for you, but you're not taking pictures of every stool sample in RAW mode for your doctor so he can figure out why your knee hurts. [Lacie via Lacie via Electronista - Thanks Rory!]

LaCie Golden Disk Looks Like Gold, Feels Like a Disk

Jason Chen — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:30:14 EDT

The LaCie Golden Disk is made for those of you who went to Ikea, looked around, and decided to decorate your home with a more ancient Aztec motif instead. It holds 500GB for a price of $189, which isn't all too bad when you consider that it's designed by Ora-Ito, a guy who enjoys Legos and tentacular porn. Best of all, the top is melted like, we don't know, molten gold, so you can't actually stack multiple Golden Disks on top of each other to form a golden pyramid. [Lacie]

LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ Hits 2TB

Brian Lam — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:27:27 EDT

The Lacie Bigger Disk Extreme+ is here, with Firewire 400/800 and USB 2.0 interfaces. It comes in RAID/0 config. And in 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2.0TB sizes at $350, $600 and $850, respectively, making the 2TB a money-saving proposition when you think about it in bytes/dollar. Right? Wait...No. The 2TB version will be here in August, but honestly, we'd be more pleased with the 2TB gigabit-Ethernet Lacie Big Disk we told you about in May. [Lacie via Macworld]

LaCie Bumps Ethernet Big Disk to King Kong-like 2TB

Louis Ramirez — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:00:41 EDT

LaCie's giving its Ethernet Big Disk a major upgrade today, doubling its stomach size from 1TB to 2TB. The drive will include 2 USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and support for Windows, Macs, and Linux. You'll even be able to add extra storage via one of the USB ports (should you be that hungry for storage space). I like that the drive is smaller than some of your other options, but price-wise you can expect to pay around the same as some of its competition ($1,099). The Big Disk is available now for pre-order, so get your credit card ready. – Louis Ramirez

Product Page

Dealzmodo: 1TB External Lacie HDD for $290

Adam Frucci — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:00:00 EDT

Yesterday I wrote about a 1TB external drive that looks like a Mac Pro. It costs $600, which is pretty steep, but hey, it's 1TB and styled like your overpriced computer. Well, starting today you can pre-order Lacie's 1TB external drive from J&R. The price? $290. It doesn't look like your fancy Mac tower, but, well, who cares? –Adam Frucci

LaCie's 26-inch LCD Promises Dead-on Color Accuracy

Louis Ramirez — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:40:15 EDT

Those of you lucky enough to have one of these sitting by your desk will wanna pair it with LaCie's new 526 LCD. It offers a 95% Adobe RGB gamut, which in English means the colors you see on the screen are the colors you'll get when you print something. That's especially important if you're a digital photographer, 'cause it'll match what you capture on camera with what you see on screen, and later print on paper.

The LCD packs a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. It'll cost you $1,999 when it's released later this month. It's not cheap, but worth the splurge for all you pros out there. – Louis Ramirez

Press Release

LaCie's Desktop FireWire Speakers Take a Page from Super Mario's Warp Pipe

Louis Ramirez — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:18:22 EST

The Skinny Whether they're hooked up to your laptop or your desktop, LaCie's new angelic-white speakers are bound to draw oohs and ahhhs from onlookers. They're tiny, so they won't take up a lot of space and though they won't rival a full-fledged 2.1 system, they do a solid job of pumping out your tunes in a small room.

Geared Toward You've either got an iMac or plan on getting Sony's new TP1.

The Spin Maybe we played one too many games of Super Mario when we were young, but LaCie's speakers remind us of the fat plumber's favorite past time, those infamous warp pipes. Except of course they're not green.

Counterspin Because the speakers are powered directly from your PC's FireWire port, you may not wanna rely on them the next time you buy a keg and gather your friends.

Buy It If... You're tight for space, hate the generic speakers that came with your PC, don't wanna spend over $100 on your next pair of speakers, or if you love Super Mario Bros. – Louis Ramirez

Dealzmodo: LaCie Brick 300GB External Hard Drive, $110

Travis Hudson — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:31:39 EDT

There isn't anything cooler than Legos, am I right? We've known about LaCie's Brick Hard Drives Enclosures for quite some time now. Buy.com has a 300GB LaCie Brick external hard drive for $120 after $40 of instant savings. Use Google Checkout to pay to receive an addition $10 off. Shipping is free. You'll be the envy of everyone in the office (or your kids) with this external HDD. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via Dealhack]

LaCie's 500GB Porsche Designed Hard Drives

Jason Chen — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:15:20 EDT

Designed by Porsche Design GmbH, the LaCie hard drives come in 160GB to 500GB sizes and connect via USB 2.0 or Firewire to your Windows, Mac and Linux machines. Although not much to look at, which is surprising since it's designed by Porsche, it does ship with 1-Click backup software for PCs and Macs.

The USB versions are $10 to $30 cheaper than the Firewire versions, so keep that in mind if you need a Firewire one for your older Mac. The 160GB is $99, 250GB is $129, 320GB is $159, and the 500GB is $249. But honestly, you'd think Porsche designers could come up with something better than a brushed-metal brick. – Jason Chen

Press Release [LaCie]

LaCie Terabyte Raid Drive With SATA II PCI-Express Card

johnb — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:20:22 EDT

LaCie's Two Big RAID system consists of two fat SATA II RAID drives as well as a SATA II PCI-Express card so you can milk every second out of you graphics workstation. Designed to work with both PCIe PCs and Mac G5s, the drives can hold up to 1TB of data and have a throughput of 110MB/s. Megabytes? Whoa!

The 1TB model costs $1199 and the 500GB costs $569. Each system comes with one spare drive. – John Biggs

Product Page [LaCie via MacMinute]

LaCie Encrypted Portable Hard Drive

Jason Chen — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:27:56 EDT

Guess Lacie's getting tired of making silly hard drives. Their new SAFE Mobile Hard Drive has biometric access (fingerprint recognition) that encrypts all the data on it with a 24-character passphrase. You can also set up access for 5 different users with differing levels of read/write permissions.

Available now for $179.99 (40GB) and $339.99 (120GB).

LaCie SAFE Mobile Hard Drive with Encryption [LaCie via The Gadget Blog via Oh Gizmo!]

LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive Pre-Order

gizmodo.com — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:14:50 EST

Remember LaCie's new portable hard drives that we told you about in January? The Skwarim drives designed by Karim Rashid are already out, in pink and blue.

If you wanted one of the Neil Poulton-designed LaCie Rugged All-Terrain drives (seen above), they're now available to pre-order for April. $169.99 to $359.99, depending on which configuration you choose.

LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive 120GB [LaCie, via productdose.com]

LaCie Hard Drives - Ribbed for Her Pleasure

johnb — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST

LaCie just dropped a few portable hard drives including the sexy Skwarim, a special piece by noted designer—and square lover(?)—Karim Rashid. The Skwarim holds up to 60GB and comes in textured pink or blue.

There's also the Little Big Disk, which is a boring old stackable beast, and the Rugged Hard Drive which looks like a throw pillow and can hold up to 120GB. The Skwarim costs about $199 for the blue 60GB model—what, girls don't need extra HD space? The LBD costs about $799 for 320GB and the Rugged runs about $359 for 120GB.

The Rugged and the Skwarim are both pocket-able and all support USB 2.0 and Firewire, except the Skwarim which is USB 2.0-only.

LaCie Lego Bricks

Noah R — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:19:55 EST

Damn you, LaCie! These Brick Desktop and Mobile hard drives in the shape of Lego blocks are irresistible to the child and tinkerer in me. Designed by Ora- to, who has done crazy beautiful work for LG, Toyota, Swatch, and others, these stackable drives come in red, white or blue. The desktops range from 160-500 GB ($119-$399), and the mobile versions are 40-120GB ($119-$329). The red 250GB desktop brick is in stock now; the rest of the desktop drives are up for pre-order and ship in December. The Mobile versions come out in January.

But don't go dropping your ducats just yet, because LaCie says this is just the first of several HDD products from famed designers that the company is introducing in the next 6-12 months.

Lacie Lego Bricks [Product Page]

LaCie Dual Format External Drive

Travis Hudson — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:34:55 EST

This is the Ethernet Disk mini, an external hard disk drive that features both USB and networking capabilities. With the ever-growing popularity of media centers, having a networked drive like this is nice to share all of the essential files between the various machines on the network such as laptops, desktops and the media center. This could also fit in nicely in a small business environment where files need to be shared on a regular basis. This drive is available in a 300GB model and features USB 2.0 and a 10/100 Ethernet connection.

LaCie Ethernet Disk mini [ExtremeTech]

Options and pricing for LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini [Amazon]

I Can See Clearly Now, The CRT Is Gone

coinop — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:47:12 EDT

After getting tired of being pigeonholed as the disk storage kings, LaCie s newest venture into post-peripheral land is the 100 Series LCD flat panel display. Sporting two models in 19-and 20-inch girth with Premium Multi-domain Vertical Alignment (MVA) technology, your porn is guaranteed to look crystal clear even in broad daylight. With viewing angles of 170 degrees, everyone at the office will be able to peripherally see how much you are slacking off with those marathon World of Warcraft sessions. Aimed at digital professionals in advertising agencies or publishing houses, the screen itself will surely be more impressive than the content it displays. Wait a second, I m using one right now! Darn.

Professional LCD Monitors [BIOS: The Quality Tech People]

The LaCie Orange

Noah R — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:27:14 EDT

LaCie has always made very nice looking hard-disk related products. I myself own a few LaCie drives—so when I heard about their new Carte Orange drive, I was very excited. $149.99 will net you the 8GB version which is about the size of a credit card. It needs no drivers and is USB 2.0 thank god. A 4GB version is available for $99.99 which is a very nice price for what you get. The sleek orange and metallic design is a nice compliment to any cluttered office desk as well.

LaCie Carte Orange 8GB [LaCie Product Page]

LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme

johnb — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:26:29 EDT

This new LaCie external hard drive has three inputs—FireWire 800, FireWire, and USB 2.0—and supports up to 300GB of storage space for about $1 per GB. 800Mbps burst speeds and a fanless design make these stand out in the long line-up of external drives. Plus they're silver, which is nice.

Product Page [LaCie]