LaCie Rugged which is designed by Scottish designer Neil Poulton features a unique scratch-resistant aluminium shell and a shock-resistant rubber bumper to protect valuable data against the everyday bumps,drop and hard knocks of the real world.
Inside the LaCie rugged HDD comes with a Hitachi Travelstar 5K500, 2.5-inch internal hard disk. The 500GB Rugged is available in USB 2.0 or a USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 version for speedier data transfers. The LaCie is powered by either USB or FireWire, the Rugged is designed to interact smoothly with any computer.
LaCie Rugged preloaded with LaCie Setup Assistant, a proprietary utility that formats the drive according to your needs (Mac, Windows, or cross-platform environments) and automatically copies the user manual and utilities to the computer. The utilities provided include LaCie ‘1-Click’ Backup Software for both PC and Mac and SilverKeeper for Mac.
The LaCie Rugged 500GB version is available now and may be purchased through LaCie direct and via LaCie’s specialised dealer network at a suggested retail price starting at £150 ($299).
Via biosmagazine
