LaCie 301442U 1TB USB 2.0/eSATA/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 7200 RPM External Hard Drive

LACIE 301442U 1TB D2 Quadra Hard Drive Retail Fully loaded with all the best interfaces—eSATA 3Gb/s, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0—this all-in-one professional hard disk offers universal connectivity for PC and Mac users. For easy setup, the LaCie Setup Assistant helps format your disk according to your needs. Perfect for digital content creation, audio/video editing, DVD authoring, Web animation, etc., the d2 Quadra can handle multiple demanding professional tasks. It can be daisy-chained via FireWire or connected to your DV camera and is even bootable in FireWire for Mac and in eSATA for Mac/PC. With the LaCie Shortcut Button***, you can easily launch any application in one push, such as the included Genie Backup Assistant software with data restore for Windows or Intego Backup Assistant software with data restore for Mac. The unique, fanless aluminum heat sink design with 60% more surface area for heat dissipation keeps it quiet and safe. Aluminum heat sink design for safe, fanless, quieter operation cooling system. Interface Transfer Rate (max. bus speed) : eSATA: up to 3Gbits/s (300MB/s) FireWire 800: up to 800Mbits/s (100MB/s) FireWire 400: up to 400Mbits/s (50MB/s) Hi-Speed USB 2.0: up to 480Mbits/s (60MB/s) Burst Transfer Rate¹ (max. drive speed) : eSATA: up to 105-115MB/s FireWire 800: up to 75-85MB/s FireWire 400: up to 35-40MB/s Hi-Speed USB 2.0: up to 30-35MB/s System Requirements : Computer with an eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 port Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista™ / Mac OS 10.2.8 (Mac OS 10.3 for eSATA) or later Minimum 128MB RAM (512MB or greater recommended)