500 gb Lacie hard drive - opinions....

[kenmo]

Any opinions on these units?

Are they reliable? Do they have an fan? Can I open the case and replace the hard drive should the original drive fail?


http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10089693&catid=23795&l...gon=&langid=EN

TIA

Kenmo

[Soopafresh]

I opened up a unit (smaller, 250GB) around a year ago. Opening it voids the warranty, but it was already past the warranty time. Lo and behold, it was a Western Digital hard drive inside that beautiful aluminum case.

[oldandinthe way]

Who knows whose drive they are shipping?

If I had questions like yours I'd choose a drive from an identifiable drive maker with their warranty and put it in a case which I knew the answers to my questions. Or buy an external completely packaged by a drive manufacturer.

[kenmo]

AND that is exactly what I've done in the past HOWEVER I can not get an hard drive and external case for the price Futureshop is selling the Lacie unit...

[oldandinthe way]

You are in Canada and I am not, but the price I see at Futureshop is not a great deal here in the US.

I guess hardware prices have not yet adjusted to the greater strength of the Canadian dollar