LaCie launches two new portable hard disks

Submitted by Pankaj Lakhotia on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 15:26
Lacie-Petit-Starck

LaCie has launched two new portable hard disk drives called Starck and Petit, in the Indian market.

LaCie is a hardware company that focuses on external hard drives, RAID arrays, optical drives, and computer monitors. Recognized French product designer Philippe Starck has designed the exteriors of Starck portable hard disk drive.

Both of the drives come in 320GB and 500GB with a starting price range of Rs. 5,900. The products have guaranteed for a period of two years by the Neoteric Informatique India.

The Starck Mobile hard disk drive has protective aluminum cover that protects it from pressure. It gives it a stylish yet strong exterior. The drive supports transfer rates of upto 60MB/s over its USB 2.0 port. The company has embedded Backup Assistant and Setup assistant software with the drives.

LaCie Petit is a comparatively smaller and a compact drive. It also features a strong look and supports USB 2.0 interface with a transfer rate of 60MB/s. It also has two safety like that in Starck already installed in it.

Both the drives are compatible with the Windows XP, Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.4 and they require a minimum speed of 600MB.

LaCie will compete in the market with the drives of WD, Transcend, Seagate, Buffalo or Iomega.


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