A weird quirk of LaCie drives: The desktop models feel like cheap crap, from the materials to the electronics (I’m particularly thinking of Neil Poulton’s drive), but their portable drives are solid. This Porsche-designed drive feels like it just might stop bullets. More »
I’m going to go ahead and guess that the computer component you take most for granted is your HDD. No longer! Bill the Engineer Guy – our favourite uncreepy uncle geek since Bill Nye – unfolds its many mysteries.
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Are you a USB 3.0 fanboy? Or is FireWire more your thing? Or do you perhaps spend your weekends hanging out at the local eSATA club talking about why eSATA is better than sliced bread? Or maybe you just don’t care. Either way, the Seagate GoFlex is the only portable hard drive that can cater to all options with a single drive, and we’re giving away five of them! More »
In the future, we’ll all have deep holes in the back of our heads that will let us connect directly to the Matrix. Until then, we have to make do with the interchangeable connections available on the Seagate Go Flex range of external hard drives. Phew! More »
So your shiny new PC has a USB 3.0 capability, but your dodgy old laptop is stuck with USB 2.0. How do you connect a portable hard drive to take advantage of the extra speed on your PC, yet still work with your lappy? Quite the conundrum. Thankfully, Seagate has the GoFlex HDD system, with its interchangeable connections. And we’re giving away five drives this week on Giz. More »
