LaCie Hard Disk Designed by Neil Poulton 1TB

The LaCie Hard Disk Designed by Neil Poulton is a desktop hard drive that can connect to your Mac via FireWire 400, USB 2.0, or eSATA. It features an interesting design-a shiny black rectangular box with sharp corners, and a blue activity light located on the lower front of the drive that reflects off of your desktop. The drive uses a 1TB, 3.5-inch, 7,200 RPM mechanism, and requires external power to operate. Many external hard drives we've tested lately feature aluminum cases which act as heat sinks, allowing the drives to operate quietly without a constantly whirring fan. The Neal Poulton drive, however, uses a plastic case and does require a fan. It's not terribly loud, but even with the air conditioning, office chatter ("Can you please hold it down, people, I'm trying to work here!") and multiple Macs running in the lab,... [read full story]