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HT: 1TB Lacie 'Neil Poulton' only $179 (with coupon) Normal price $199
elcheapo on 30/07/2008 - 11:57 (www.ht.com.au)
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The Most beautiful case design, Massive 1TB storage, Cheapest pricing for Lacie in AUS.
What more do you want? :p

Update: get 10% coupon here

2 Yrs warranty though

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Lacie 1TB External Hard Drive Designed by Neil Poulton

Lacie 1TB External Hard Drive Designed by Neil Poulton
The user-friendly LaCie Hard Drive, Design by Neil Poulton adds sophisticated style to your desktop yet its presence is quiet and unobtrusive. It has a unique distinguishing feature - a cool, blue LED strip on its underside that creates an ambient glow. Its subtle, all-black design blends perfectly into dark home entertainment setups and workstations. Very small for its vast capacity, this lightweight, compact drive has a fashionable, mirror-polished finish. The smartly engineered design allows for heat dissipation and near-silent, fanless operation. Setup is nearly effortless; it’s plug and play and offers customizable formatting. LaCie ‘1-Click’ Backup Software for PC and Mac is included for quickly saving files in one click.

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1 bender on 30/07/2008 - 12:06

Which brand of HDD do they use in this one?

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gabbyh on 30/07/2008 - 14:03

Lacie have been known to use Maxtor drives hence the reason why I simply don’t trust them. In this case it appears to be a Seagate however http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1022352#r... and http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1022352&p...

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1 young_dazza on 30/07/2008 - 13:36

Is it just me or does this external disk look more like a simple black brick than a case with “The Most beautiful case design”. How hard can it be to design a black brick?
That said, I think its still a good price for an external 1TB disk.

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WaywardOne on 30/07/2008 - 14:10

Yeah but have you seen the Lacie FA Porsche design? Very minimalist.

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1 elcheapo on 30/07/2008 - 15:33

Simple is beautiful :)

Lacie design is minimalistic and elegant, which the way I prefer it :)

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Jabba the Hutt on 31/07/2008 - 08:39

No, it’s not just you. I too see a black box dressed up with a marketing strategy.

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teaearlgrey on 01/08/2008 - 23:07

It’s French… So of course they believe it’s better than anything else!

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joblo911 on 30/07/2008 - 14:20

Warranty speaks 1000 words. 2 years means they don’t trust their own product. WD=4yrs SG=5years

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gabbyh on 30/07/2008 - 14:32

Is the warranty for the case and the hard drive together or are they treated separately? If they do indeed have a Seagate drive in them it would be surprising to only have 2 years warranty.

In the case of the Mwave Western Digital 1TB Green Power + E-SATA/USB2 Astone external case deal http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/5669 afaik they get treated separately.

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1 elcheapo on 30/07/2008 - 15:53

The downside buying this DIY case + internal drive (either built by shop or DIY), most enclosure only carries 1 year warranty. While the proper external storage by WD, Seagate, etc, the warranty is for the whole component (case+drive).

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1 elcheapo on 30/07/2008 - 15:48

WD only 3 years for their external storage range and
Seagate is 5 years, replacement drive for the first 3, and only 25% credit on 4th year and 10% credit on 5th year. So technically you still get 3 years from Seagate.

Since I work in the industry, I don’t use storage product for longer than 1 year anyway :) ..

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neubauer on 30/07/2008 - 17:05

Front cover of this weeks Officeworks catalogue : WD 1 TB portable hard drive (inludes ac adapter and usb cable - $199