LaCie Mobile Drive 20 or 30 GB USB

Lawrence · Apr 8th, 2003, 12:17 PM

Anyone have any first hand experience with these ac free pocket mobile drives?,
I'm thinking of buying one for my laptop.

David

ehMax · Apr 8th, 2003, 12:42 PM

I have the 20 GB and my whole life is on it. Very nice, fast, quite little drives with nice rubber protection. Been working great for me. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Lawrence · Apr 9th, 2003, 11:33 AM

I've been weighing all the choices carefully and I think you might be right,
I've looked at the Firewire/USB drives but they need an ac adaptor and I want to be as portable as possible, I've also debated over the PC Card drives by MCE, But their drive isn't transferrable to my desktop Mac. (I can't hook up a PC Card drive to my desktop)
So, It looks like I'll go buy the 20 gb drive.

Thanks for the reassurance.

Regards,
David

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ehMax:
I have the 20 GB and my whole life is on it. Very nice, fast, quite little drives with nice rubber protection. Been working great for me. [img]smile.gif[/img]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

MacDoc · Apr 9th, 2003, 04:19 PM

We've got lots starting at $88

for a 2 gig
UP to 60 gig now less money at $399 - big price drop
We love them
All upgradeable - neat stuff

Lawrence · Apr 9th, 2003, 04:54 PM

The dealer (CPUsed) told me that even though it says it's compatible with OS 9xx on the box that it is not compatible with OS 9xx, The dealer told me that they phoned LaCIE and LaCIE had told them that it is not compatible with OS 9xx and only compatible with OS X
Who should I believe?, The dealer or LaCIE's web site

http://www.lacie.com/caen/products/p...TOKEN=72898237

David

Lawrence · Apr 10th, 2003, 10:27 AM

I just got an email back from the horses mouth "LaCIE" and they said this:

Hi David,
I am afraid so, the mobile drive is not supported under Mac Os 9. A few
packages were printed with this incorrect information. Sorry to disappoint.
However both the Data bank and the classic Pocket drive have USB and
firewire. These products will work with your power book.

Best Regards,
Sergio M.A.Batista
Ontario Account Manager

My inquiry was:

> From: David Lawrence <dolawren@My edited out address>
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:08:43 -0400
> To: <sales.ca@lacie.com>
> Subject: Mobile USB Hard Drive
>
> Regarding the: LaCie Mobile Drive 20GB USB
>
> I was told at CPUsed by the salesperson that this drive isn't supported by
> Mac OS 9xx, Is this true?.
> The salesperson told me that they called LaCIE and was told that even though
> it says so on the box that the drive comes in says it supports OS 9xx, The
> USB drive won't work in OS 9xx.
>
> Who's right here?
>
> I really want to buy this drive for my PowerBook G3 333 mhz Lombard, But I
> need to find out who's telling the truth first.
>
> Regards,
> David