The 500GB version has an MRSP of $189.99/£159.99, while the 1TB model – not yet commercially available – will be$299.99/£259.99. On that front, the LaCie Rugged Safe holds up reasonably well, though it's certainly not the cheapest route to mobile data. An SSD is always going to be your best bet for dealing with significant vibration or knocks, but of course the flip side is the inevitable cost of solid-state storage. However, it's probably sufficient for most domestic or business use after being left in a packed bag we couldn't see any noticeable marks on the casing, and nor did the regular bumps of daily travel seem to have any impact on our data.
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Unmounting the drive in Windows or OS X automatically locks it up.Īs for the ruggedness, while LaCie bill the drive as resilient to scratches, bumps and knocks, it's a long way off from being a rugged in MIL-SPEC terms. We found the Rugged Safe to be only very slightly slower in read and write performance than a standard USB 2.0 or FireWire 800 drive. There's a minor performance impact from the added security, though significantly less than software-based encryption systems. As you save data to it, it's automatically secured using 128-bit AES hardware encryption that means, even if the HDD itself is removed from LaCie's enclosure, your files are still locked up. Beyond that, using the Rugged Safe is just like using a normal, non-encrypted drive.
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