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February 12th, 2010, 13:05
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LaCie's startlingly orange Rugged drive has been waltzing around and taking beatings for years now (http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/13/lacie-rugged-all-terrain-portable-drive/), but the company finally decided to give it an interface overhaul to deal with this phenomenon known only as "technological progress." The latest and greatest in the family is the Rugged eSATA, which maintains the iconic shape and color of the original, yet adds support for eSATA; reportedly, users can see transfer rates as high as 90MB/sec, and if you can only find a USB port, it'll also work with that when speed isn't a concern. It's up for order right now in a 500GB model, but you'll have to amicably part with $159.99 before calling it yours.
Gallery: LaCie Rugged eSATA portable hard drive (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/)
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LaCie refreshes connectivity options on Rugged eSATA portable HDD (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/lacie-refreshes-connectivity-options-on-rugged-esata-portable-hd/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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LaCie's startlingly orange Rugged drive has been waltzing around and taking beatings for years now (http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/13/lacie-rugged-all-terrain-portable-drive/), but the company finally decided to give it an interface overhaul to deal with this phenomenon known only as "technological progress." The latest and greatest in the family is the Rugged eSATA, which maintains the iconic shape and color of the original, yet adds support for eSATA; reportedly, users can see transfer rates as high as 90MB/sec, and if you can only find a USB port, it'll also work with that when speed isn't a concern. It's up for order right now in a 500GB model, but you'll have to amicably part with $159.99 before calling it yours.
Gallery: LaCie Rugged eSATA portable hard drive (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/mini-rugged3-4jpg_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/2701119/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/mini-ruggedusb-esataback_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/2701120/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/mini-ruggedusb-esataright_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/2701121/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/mini-ruggedusb-esataside_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/2701122/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/mini-ruggedusb-esataupright_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lacie-rugged-esata-portable-hard-drive/2701123/)
LaCie refreshes connectivity options on Rugged eSATA portable HDD (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/lacie-refreshes-connectivity-options-on-rugged-esata-portable-hd/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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