[MacDV] Re: LaCie D2 FW Hard Drive

[Gerhard Kuhn]

Shirley I assumed since he was looking to buy from a Canadian site he 
was in Canada and LaCie will not sell to us directly.  You will also 
have to consider the original prices quoted were in Canadian dollars, 
$299 U.S. translates into at least $400 of our money.  The other 
problem for us buying south of the border is higher shipping costs, 
possible duty and warranty issues will require the return of the 
product to the U.S. at the purchasers expense.

The drive you suggest looks like a winner unfortunately not available 
in Canada at your prices.

Gerhard Kuhn

On Feb 19, 2004, at 10:48 PM, ShirleyK wrote:

> Before you pay that much, check LaCie's site.
>
> http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10116
>
> You can have 250 GB with the triple interface (FireWire 800, 400, and 
> USB 2.0) for $299 direct from LaCie. That's what I have and while I 
> haven't imported video to it, I did install Panther on it and use it 
> now to boot up my dual 1.42 G4. I had to upgrade the firmware because 
> I bought it before Panther came out. It comes with three cables: 800 
> to 800, 800 to 400, and USB. I wanted to make use of my 800 port. It 
> was not recognized on an older G4 (dual 500) using the supplied 800 to 
> 400 cable. I didn't follow up on that because I haven't had the need 
> to use it there. It would be interesting to see what happens now that 
> it's a boot drive. I don't know if there is an issue with size on the 
> older G4.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Feb 19, 2004, at 6:04 PM, David Crump wrote:
>
>> http://www.macwarehouse.ca/product.asp?sku=DR15605
>