On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Ian Collier wrote: > 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 > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/labs/20:18/hard-drives/products.html ) Let's put it this way; You compare mediocre to bottom of the barrel and it makes mediocre look good. Compare it to a few F-1 machines and suddenly the tables are turned. The LaCie d2's use junk WD drives. When you start comparing them to the best of the best, they're slow and overpriced. IMHO. http://www.barefeats.com/fire37.html -- Chris ------------------------- PGP Key: http://astcomm.net/~chris/PGP_Public_Key/ -------------------------