<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>But the LaCie drive in the referenced MacWorld test was FW400 only - so hardly surprising it was the one of the slowest - and recommended as very good value for users who don't have FW800. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>When macuser.co.uk tested a number of FW drives including the LaCie d2 Extreme 160 GB it was the fastest drive on test. (Sept '04 <A href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/labs/20:18/hard-drives/products.html">http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/labs/20:18/hard-drives/products.html</A> )</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>LaCie's d2 drives are fast, cheap and reliable in my experience - the one's in the Porsche designed cases are cheap, and although the cases look slick they do feel flimsy.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>--Ian</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 11 Jan 2006, at 15:13, John Griffin wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">MacWorld tested a bunch of drives in October: <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.macworld.com/2005/10/reviews/firewiremain/index.php">http://www.macworld.com/2005/10/reviews/firewiremain/index.php</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The ones they liked the most are the Iomega Black series.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">And you are right, the LaCie disks are right at or near the bottom!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">jg</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>