LACIE Little Disk, Design by Sam Hecht Portable External Hard Drive

The LACIE Little Disk, Design by Sam Hecht Portable External Hard Drive is a great external hard drive if you’re tired of having all those cables strewn around your desk. This is because it doesn’t need a power cable at all—this 250 GB portable hard drive is powered by a standard USB 2.0 cable, so there is no power supply or extra cabling at all. There’s not even a USB cable to lose since the LACIE Little Disk features an integrated USB cable that pulls out and is retractable for storage. The drive also includes an extra USB extension cable in case you need a little more length.

This sleek little portable hard drive looks like a solid black monolith. Everything is shiny and smooth, and the only thing marking the surface of the drive is the LACIE logo. The retractable cable is hidden beneath a cap. On the inside, the drive spins at a quick pace of 5400 rpm, and the drive can transfer up to 480 Mbits per second. It features an 8 MB cache. There’s no need to cart around any CDs or other drivers since the Little Disk is plug-and-play. It does, however, including synchronization and encryption software to protect your data. The synchronization software keeps all copies of your files up to date by making certain the files on the Little Disk match those on your PC. As for the encryption, it offers 128-bit protection for Windows users only. However, the 1-click backup software works for both PC and Mac, and the drive does include a Mac-only SilverKeeper backup program.

The LACIE Little Disk runs on both PC and Mac, and it does require a USB 2.0 drive. It runs on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Mac OS X 10.3 or higher, needs a Pentium II 350 MHz processor or a G3, and requires 32 MB of RAM. It comes with a two year manufacturer’s warranty and measures 3.19 x 5.08 x 0.71 inches. Overall weight is less than seven ounces.

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