Posted by Spex on 10/20/06 07:11

Kill Bill wrote:
> Spex wrote:
>> Kill Bill wrote:
>>> Ed Anson wrote:
>>>> nick666 wrote:
>>>>> for what it's worth, I have 2 External Lacie drives and one of theit
>>>>> external DVD writers, and have had nooo problemo at all. I use one for
>>>>> all my MP3's so it gets daily, heavy use, and the other for backing up
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>> They're all about a yearold now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>> I agree. I have been using mostly LaCie drives for over a decade,
>>>> with no complaints.
>>>
>>> In general.. LaCie drives are pretty rock solid.. I think it was the
>>> brand Lacie Porsche drives that have all the problems..
>>>
>>> p.s. I would highly recommend G-Raid also!
>>>
>>> -bill
>>
>> A word of caution, I was intending to get a FW800 G-RAID but was put
>> off by the number of reports of failures from these drives. Not to
>> mention the bad service lots of people had reported as well.
>>
>> It scared me off.
>>
>
> Please site your source.
>
> -bill
I cite my source as loads of reports on creative cow forum for G-Raid
products. I had heard of problems from a colleague but when I happened
upon the creative cow forum post I decided to steer clear.

An artist friend of mine also had bad experience with several Lacie
external drives. He experienced bad support also.

I simply don't have the time nor inclination to battle with bad tech
support over a product that should be fit for purpose. After all it's
not rocket science to put a couple of hard drives in a box and keep 'em
cool and working.

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