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Thunderbolt hard drive news: Lacie, Seagate and Promise Pegasus

Peter Chubb — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:42 +0000

Back on February 24, 2011 Apple launched their new MacBook Pro, and with it came a new interface, Thunderbolt. Since then there has not been that much support for the device, but now there are a number of hard drives on the market, along with a one or two other accessories, which is just in time since the recent launches of the new iMac, MacBook Air and Mac Mini.

The new interface will be used for more than just connecting hard drives, but we will take what is handed to us for now. The likes of Lacie, Seagate and Promise Pegasus all have products to go with these Apple devices, which will offer unparalleled speed and transfer rates.

The first hard drive on our list is the LaCie Little Big Disk; this is the first in a long line of upcoming storage devices from the brand to offer Thunderbolt support. You will be able to transfer music, photos and files at 10Gb/s, and you have the ability to daisy-chain up to 6 peripherals. This particular model has been designed by Neil Poulton and sports an aluminum design. Lacie.com has more on this.

Seagate is the worry here, as we assumed that they would offer Thunderbolt support, but they have let us down. However, they do have an adaptor that will connect a GoFlex Ultra-portable Drive to allow you to connect it to your new Mac We just hope that Seagate release a hard drive with full Thunderbolt support soon, or their rivals will leave them behind with this latest technology.

On the Apple Store you will see four Promise Pegasus RAID systems. The first is the Promise Pegasus R4 4TB and comes at a cost of just $999. Next is the Promise Pegasus R4 8TB, this will set you back $1499. The Promise Pegasus R6 6TB will also cost you the same price. Finally we have the Promise Pegasus R6 12TB, but you will need to brace yourself, as you will have to part with $1999 in order to get your hands on this RAID system.

To connect these to your Mac with Thunderbolt support you will need to purchase the Apple Thunderbolt cable, which will cost $49. Like we said accessories are still a little scarce, but there is now the 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display. The price of this is $999, but for $700 you can have a 27-inch iMac.

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LaCie Float: Trackpad on a Hard Drive – Why?

Daniel Chubb — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:14:28 +0000

We have reported previously about various items that you can expect to get from LaCie including a 500GB Media Server, a Quadra 3TB two-bay RAID solution and more recently an SSD USB 3.0 in varying sizes. Now we want to inform you of one of their latest inventions, the LaCie Float.

The LaCie Float is an external hard drive with a difference; it doubles up as a trackpad. The device was designed by André Duarte Silva. There are two versions of the device, one in SSD and the other in HDD and the entire top panel of the device is used as a trackpad that you can pinch, swipe, navigate and click.

Something that Chris Burns of Slashgear.com is suggesting, is angling towards this becoming some kind of all-in-one machine. To take it a step further, if you were to make a few modifications, add in wireless streaming, a screen, monitor or even a Pico projector with a retractable screen on it, then it could become a sensational invention.

You can read more about the device by heading over to Yanko Design where the device is featured. The LaCie Float isn’t appearing on their official site yet but keep an eye on it here and it should be available soon.

What do you think of this concept? Will you be picking one of these up? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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LaCie SSD USB 3.0 FastKey: Price and Speed Performance

Alan Ng — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:31:41 +0000

For those of you who have a bit of money to spend over the busy shopping period and are in need of a new USB flash drive for your important work and leisure files, you may want to consider a new SSD-based key drive which LaCie has just announced.

As reported from Engadget, LaCie has just announced, unveiled and released their new USB 3.0 Fastkey which promises to transfer your 4GB worth of movies faster than you can boil the kettle and make a cup of tea.

LaCie’s Fastkey can deliver speeds of 260MB/sec, and it comes in storage capacities of either 30, 60 or a whopping 120GB. However, as nice as this thing looks, it will all come down to price in the end, and at either $149.99, $249.99 or $479.99 depending on which size you want, they don’t exactly come cheap!

Take a look at the press release over at Engadget, and let us know your thoughts on this SSD USB Key. They are available to buy now at LaCie.com.

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