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LaCie d2 Quadra External 500GB Hard Drive

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Ratings

3.5

3.5 / 5 - PCWorld, Dec 24, 2008

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Capacity
Speed
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Hardware
Software

Capacity

Drive size	500 GB
Buffer Size	16 MB

Speed

Max Rotational Velocity

7200 RPM

Interface Connections

Supported Interface(s)

FireWire 800
External SATA-150
USB 2.0

Hardware

Installation Kit Hardware

USB cable
silver stand
power adapter
SATA cable

Software

Bundled Software

1-click backup software
EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.0

3.5

3.5 / 5 - PCWorld, Dec 24, 2008

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Lab Tested
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Pros

Four data interfaces

Fast performance

Cons

Slight price premium

Bottom Line

For a slight price premium, you get the flexibility of USB, SATA, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800 data interfaces.

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PCWorld Lab Results

Rating Breakdown
Performance
90
Features
59
Design
82
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Performance Comparison with Similar Hard Drives

90
LaCie d2 Quadra External 500GB Hard Drive
86
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56
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79
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PC World Test Center

Interface tested

External SATA-300

Performance

External Read - Files and Folders	65.56
External Read - Large File	44.22
External Write - Files and Folders	86.94
External Write - Large File	47.11
Primary Volume - Virus Scan	151.06
Primary Volume - Windows File Search	108.32
Test Version	2

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