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<blockquote data-quote="RNDdave" data-source="post: 755250" data-attributes="member: 20405"><p>I don't think Lacie make drives, they make enclosures (usually quite nice but I guess it's all personal preference).</p><p></p><p>Pretty much all drives are susceptible to failure due to the high speeds and small parts etc. For most users; a HDD will out-live its' usefulness - i.e. you will want a bigger better HDD before it dies... </p><p></p><p>My first MacBooks HDD died after about 8 months and I remember being pretty gutted and irrational about it - how could my very expensive MacBook have a dodgy HDD so early in its' life when all of my Windows laptops have out-lived my need for them??? Of course the fact that it was inside a MacBook was of no value - it was a HDD and I guess a got a bum one!</p><p></p><p>This <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6376021.stm" target="_blank">story</a> basically says that HDD longevity is down to little more than luck (my interpretation) > you either get a good one that will last ages or a donkey that will fail early in its' life.</p><p></p><p>I guess perhaps your friends have just been a little unlucky. I have a couple of external drives (1 Lacie 500GB & 1 WD 500GB) and they have both been fine for me. (touch wood <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RNDdave, post: 755250, member: 20405"] I don't think Lacie make drives, they make enclosures (usually quite nice but I guess it's all personal preference). Pretty much all drives are susceptible to failure due to the high speeds and small parts etc. For most users; a HDD will out-live its' usefulness - i.e. you will want a bigger better HDD before it dies... My first MacBooks HDD died after about 8 months and I remember being pretty gutted and irrational about it - how could my very expensive MacBook have a dodgy HDD so early in its' life when all of my Windows laptops have out-lived my need for them??? Of course the fact that it was inside a MacBook was of no value - it was a HDD and I guess a got a bum one! This [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6376021.stm"]story[/URL] basically says that HDD longevity is down to little more than luck (my interpretation) > you either get a good one that will last ages or a donkey that will fail early in its' life. I guess perhaps your friends have just been a little unlucky. I have a couple of external drives (1 Lacie 500GB & 1 WD 500GB) and they have both been fine for me. (touch wood ;) ) [/QUOTE]
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