Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt Drive Review

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Lacie rugged thunderbolt drive review.

The rugged thunderbolt portable drive puts a new spin on lacie s lineup by enhancing shock dust and water resistance. If you re working in the field or desert or war zone the rugged thunderbolt is designed to handle just. The storage device has two layers of casing to protect it against. In our testing results were slightly higher than what lacie quoted for this product delivering read speeds of 112 2mb s while write activity hit 113 8mb s in a thunderbolt mac environment.

This capacity is commonly found in la cie s portable mobile and rugged designs. We tested the less capacious unit. It only has two platters each with a 1tb capacity. The drive measures 3 85 inches by 2 55 inches.

Performance capacity or compatibility or all three. The lacie rugged thunderbolt is a fast portable drive with a reasonable price per gb. Lacie s latest rugged thunderbolt all terrain is the new height among portable drives in terms of both design and performance. The majority of lacie external hard drives can be found in the 1 to 10.

The lacie rugged ssd pro is available in 1tb 400 and 2tb 700 capacities the same prices as samsung s x5. Choose from thunderbolt usb c usb 3 0 and firewire 800. Ssd and hdd versions are available both feature an integrated thunderbolt cable and a usb 3 0 port if needed. The lacie rugged usb 3 0 thunderbolt 2tb is a relatively speedy portable hard drive that takes full advantage of both the thunderbolt and usb 3 0 interface.

Lacie rugged portable hard drives are the most trusted way to capture and transport data in the field. While that s plenty of space for a casual user s collection of photos videos and documents some users may want more space for large hd video files games and photos. Again this comes down to the fact that the maximum speed of a mechanical hard drive doesn t even come close to saturating a usb 3 connection so paying for usb 3 1 hardware would have no benefit at all but.