Amazon have dropped this down from £155 to just £118 now. The bad news is that Amazon will dispatch within 6-7 weeks, ouch! still available to order though.
- 3mm solid aluminium casing keeps your data solidly protected - Stylish, sophisticated finish perfectly matches your MacBook® - Automatic backup software and Time Machine® compatibility provide - seamless backup of your important data - Compatible with PC & Mac - 2 year warranty.
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Frank30uk
25 Jul 17#1
Amazon have dropped this down from £155 to just £118 now. The bad news is that Amazon will dispatch within 6-7 weeks, ouch! still available to order though.
- 3mm solid aluminium casing keeps your data solidly protected - Stylish, sophisticated finish perfectly matches your MacBook® - Automatic backup software and Time Machine® compatibility provide - seamless backup of your important data - Compatible with PC & Mac - 2 year warranty.
blackster
25 Jul 17#2
what drives do these normally have inside them?
EDEN188
25 Jul 17#3
Good spot op.
Ordered my 8Tb Lacie HDD since 01/07, still no sign yet, but this is a good price. Have some heat
Frank30uk
25 Jul 17#4
Seagate drives
vassy1
25 Jul 17#5
Any codes please?
ILikeUsingGifsToComment
25 Jul 17#6
Nice find Frank :wink:
gordondr1980
25 Jul 17#7
Mint I paid full wack, mint for ps4
Agharta
25 Jul 17#8
5TB drives I would hope.
dewonderful
25 Jul 17#9
Sentral
25 Jul 17#10
mikeypr
26 Jul 17#11
Eggs in baskets come to mind. I'd love one, but wonder how reliable are these?
summerof76
26 Jul 17#12
Nice deal, heat added :smiley_cat:
billysablo
26 Jul 17#13
thats a great price , heat added :smile:
Frank30uk
26 Jul 17#14
No codes, sorry :disappointed:
BassBassBass
26 Jul 17#15
HOT....but... what happens if it fails? 6000gb of data gone, soul destroying stuff.
Frank30uk
26 Jul 17#16
Please stop sending PM for code... Vassy was joking with you all. I have NO code x
zizzles
26 Jul 17#17
If it fails, make a warranty claim, and use the data that you backed up elsewhere. There, how hard was that?
Jimih23
26 Jul 17#18
Sorry if stupid question but can I use this for both my PC and MAC, simultaneously? Or would I have to keep reformatting?
Krinkle
26 Jul 17#19
...buy two! They're pretty unlikely to both fail at the same time...unlike the headlights on my Focus driving home the other night!! oO
vassy1
26 Jul 17#20
All gone? :disappointed:
GwanGy
26 Jul 17#21
hardly 6000Gb of data gone, in fact not even 5oooGb of data! about 4.3Tb ...
Willip
26 Jul 17#22
Seriously? God, I hate Apple....
jezzery
26 Jul 17#23
Would these be mint for Xbox one as well?
DSantini
26 Jul 17#24
Mint!
topss
26 Jul 17#25
Why?
DSantini
26 Jul 17#26
My water came out of my tap brown once, will never use tap water again.
xeroc
26 Jul 17#27
He is assuming that data placed on here will not be backed up elsewhere. As such, when the drive fails everything will be lost.
richstroller
26 Jul 17#28
Have a 2tb Lacie from before they were bought by Seagate. It is a 7200RPM drive and v quick. Really nice build quality.
Based on that I bought a 5tb, post-seagate. It's a 5400RPM and is slllooowww. Also the USB3 connector is the slim type on the new one (fat type on the old one), and the connection is a bit erratic/loose on the new one.
Good price for 5tb external hdd though, just don't expect premium performance / build quality.
Voted hot.
dr_joolz
26 Jul 17#29
99?!
Goopster
26 Jul 17#30
Nice looking piece of kit - Heat, thanks!
topss
26 Jul 17#31
Which would be a stupid thing to do and only him/herself to blame if it did fail and data is lost.
lakesh8602
26 Jul 17#32
Not bad but I the Seagate Backup Plus Hubs work out cheaper per GB and they have 2x 3.0 USB ports :smile:
AdsToTheG
26 Jul 17#33
Would this work with Xbox One?
Alloneword
26 Jul 17#34
Shame it's not a 6 or 8TB i'd be on it like a tramp on chips :thumbsup:
All1
xeroc
26 Jul 17#35
I completely agree.
Proveright
26 Jul 17#36
The Cloud, is just clever marketing technique. Anyone that uses a Cloud is like having a lead from your computer connected to someone else's computer who you don't know, that you give all your stuff to for them to have a look at.
Stu.C
26 Jul 17#37
Either get up to date with current hardware and proper backup solutions, or go back to the 90s and your 8GB IDE drives! Comments like these only highlight the posters' shortcomings in proper data management, backup strategy and archiving. Sorry to sound harsh...
Forgottenshopper
26 Jul 17#38
Can anyone confirm if this will work with Xbox One..
tech3475
26 Jul 17#39
Same could be said for any storage medium.
If you care about something make a backup, preferrably at least two with one offsite.
Darkraiser
26 Jul 17#40
How much horsepower it spinnin'?
vraxxos
26 Jul 17#41
Ordered, 6-7 weeks delivery time though? Ouch :disappointed: Any experience with them coming quicker?
Sp0oner
26 Jul 17#42
Yeah I agree time is an issue for the initial upload or for someone who lives in a poor broadband area but even those who want to backup dodgy stuff there is cloud hosting with encryption which protects them from any checks on data stored.
Backing up tv shows etc to a local drive I wouldn't class as critical data so no harm lost if it mechanically fails and a local drive is good for that type of data but for stuff like family photos/videos and documents etc I would only store these via the cloud with them sync'd to multiple machines so I also have several local backups all automatically in sync.
collectorcol
26 Jul 17#43
Porsche designed the 'box'?
Now I've gotta have it!
commenter14
26 Jul 17#44
6-7 weeks? Enjoy having your order cancelled in two months.
WillowPAW to commenter14
15 Aug 17#78
Order cancelled
steve_bezerker
26 Jul 17#45
Was literally thinking this - My PS4 could really benefit from having an additional 10 times it's current storage limit!
steve_bezerker
26 Jul 17#46
This is back up to £165 now...
Franzkill
26 Jul 17#47
Yup! Any external hard drive will work as long as its USB 3.0 compliant and at least 256MB.
X-Cell
26 Jul 17#48
Already more heat than the 8tb hard drive available for about the same price on prime day :smile:
LOL you keep wearing that tin hat whilst the rest of us choose a cloud service with a proper privacy policy and for those really protective use encryption.
Nuggy96
26 Jul 17#51
Code share please
Thanks :smile:
Potato92
26 Jul 17#52
You do know what 'The Cloud' is, right?
fiqqer
26 Jul 17#53
With a Seagate drive I would say unreliable - if course it depends on the exact model number but generic, home use drives are the most unreliable. Better to go with something aimed at the business/data centre market.
It is not really a Porsche - it has the same bog standard hard drive as the Skoda model.
Harryisme
26 Jul 17#54
Well considering Lacie is owned by Seagate, you won't be seeing Western Digital Drives in these anytime soon.
Are Seagates, Hard drives still that unreliable? I thought they'd improved since they purchase Samsung's HDD division.
BluesFanUK
26 Jul 17#55
Need 6 of these to carry my pr0n...
Codify
26 Jul 17#56
Can I rip the HDD out of this and use it as an internal SATA drive?
Meathotukdeals
26 Jul 17#57
And if its full of pirated stuff?
Codify
26 Jul 17#58
Would cost me £40 a month to back up 5TB to Google's cloud. £79 for Microsoft's OneDrive
Sp0oner
26 Jul 17#59
The clouds is where it's at for backups anyone who spends on external drives for backups is crazy. For extra storage fine but not as a backup solution.
shasnir
26 Jul 17#60
Yes USB 3 drives up to 16 terabytes can currently be used on Xbox one.
V8OJS
26 Jul 17#61
Who is OP? and how do i message about a code? - apologies, i literally just registered :party:
TLP
26 Jul 17#62
Use CrashPlan?
dotnetter
26 Jul 17#63
I'd agree, however a lot of people have movies or tv shows they have obtained in a questionable manner - for these people, they would need a local backup.
Related to this, I read a forum post recently about people who want to use cloud-based Plex - so their content is in teh cloud on Amazon or Dropbox etc. Someone pointed out that even if they own the original DVD/BluRay - there are questions around the legality of making a copy.
So while I agree that a cloud backup is the optimal platform - I'd argue it depends what you're backing up. Also, ever tried uploading 5TB or data to the cloud...that would take a LONG time.
mickrick
26 Jul 17#64
Now £165.99 Prime.
frick
26 Jul 17#65
Sp0oner
26 Jul 17#66
Per year not per month!
frick
26 Jul 17#67
Bought a LaCie 2tb hard drive a couple of years ago, after just one year it has stopped working. Might be a one off but wouldn't buy a LaCie again , expensive mistake !
Sp0oner
26 Jul 17#68
What are you on about?
Potato92 to Sp0oner
26 Jul 17#72
You said anybody who gets an external drive for backups instead of using a cloud service is 'crazy'. I'm asking if you even know that all the cloud is, is a load of HDD's in itself.
frick
26 Jul 17#69
Mine failed after just one year, would think twice before buying a LaCie again
faddy54
26 Jul 17#70
Do cloud storage providers care what you're storing with them?
leanback
26 Jul 17#71
Not seen that before! What's your source for a 16TB limit on XBox1 storage?
Schmutz
26 Jul 17#73
Warranty claim, yes... easy... the second part though are you joking? a 5TB external is the f* backup drive... the only way you could back up 5GB is to buy two of 'em. And before you say it, in my opinion cloud backup is for project files, photo albums etc. I would use a 5TB drive for media; TV shows, Movies, game and application ISO and sizeable plugins etc I use for software - stuff I can get again.
gabri
26 Jul 17#74
Please may I have the code Thank you
vassy1
26 Jul 17#75
You need to contact the OP. Guess he ran out of it :disappointed:
dotnetter
28 Jul 17#76
I can't speak from personal experience, but apparently they do. The big operators have some form of automated scanning to check for copyrighted material. That's as much as I've gleamed from various threads I've read on the forums over on the Plex site.
tobtan
8 Aug 17#77
Amazon the gits cancelled my order - can't be fulfilled!
Opening post
- 3mm solid aluminium casing keeps your data solidly protected
- Stylish, sophisticated finish perfectly matches your MacBook®
- Automatic backup software and Time Machine® compatibility provide - seamless backup of your important data
- Compatible with PC & Mac
- 2 year warranty.
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- 3mm solid aluminium casing keeps your data solidly protected
- Stylish, sophisticated finish perfectly matches your MacBook®
- Automatic backup software and Time Machine® compatibility provide - seamless backup of your important data
- Compatible with PC & Mac
- 2 year warranty.
Ordered my 8Tb Lacie HDD since 01/07, still no sign yet, but this is a good price. Have some heat
There, how hard was that?
Based on that I bought a 5tb, post-seagate. It's a 5400RPM and is slllooowww. Also the USB3 connector is the slim type on the new one (fat type on the old one), and the connection is a bit erratic/loose on the new one.
Good price for 5tb external hdd though, just don't expect premium performance / build quality.
Voted hot.
All1
Either get up to date with current hardware and proper backup solutions, or go back to the 90s and your 8GB IDE drives! Comments like these only highlight the posters' shortcomings in proper data management, backup strategy and archiving. Sorry to sound harsh...
If you care about something make a backup, preferrably at least two with one offsite.
Backing up tv shows etc to a local drive I wouldn't class as critical data so no harm lost if it mechanically fails and a local drive is good for that type of data but for stuff like family photos/videos and documents etc I would only store these via the cloud with them sync'd to multiple machines so I also have several local backups all automatically in sync.
Now I've gotta have it!
hotukdeals.com/dea…548
Thanks.
Thanks :smile:
It is not really a Porsche - it has the same bog standard hard drive as the Skoda model.
Are Seagates, Hard drives still that unreliable? I thought they'd improved since they purchase Samsung's HDD division.
:party:
Related to this, I read a forum post recently about people who want to use cloud-based Plex - so their content is in teh cloud on Amazon or Dropbox etc. Someone pointed out that even if they own the original DVD/BluRay - there are questions around the legality of making a copy.
So while I agree that a cloud backup is the optimal platform - I'd argue it depends what you're backing up. Also, ever tried uploading 5TB or data to the cloud...that would take a LONG time.
Might be a one off but wouldn't buy a LaCie again , expensive mistake !
Thank you