LaCie Starck Mobile Drive 3.0 – All Aluminum USB 3.0 Portable HDD

LaCie has been very busy this year and it shows as they released a new portable hard drive co-created with non-other than the award winning designer – Philippe Starck. And no, he’s not a crew on the Enterprise and he doesn’t live in the Star Trek universe, but he sure does know how to design a sleek mobile hard drive.

The new 500 GB LaCie Starck Mobile Drive 3.0 sports a stylish metallic enclosure made of 2 mm sheet of durable aluminum. It’s not only tough but functional as well; the fully recyclable aluminum casing provides not only increased durability but lighter weight and enhanced heat dissipation. The new LaCie Starck Mobile Drive 3.0 not just boasts stylish appearance but premium technology performance as well. Compared to other USB 2.0 based portable hard disk drives, it can reach speeds up to 10 times faster thanks to its quicker interface. Though it uses USB 3.0 technology, connectivity won’t be an issue; LaCie Starck Mobile is fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices. Just plug it in any PC or Mac and the plug-and-play feature will take care of the rest.

The LaCie Starck Mobile USB 3.0 comes with LaCie Setup Assistant to help easily install the new drive on PC or Mac. It also comes with LaCie’s exclusive Backup Assistant and other software suite that turns automatic backup a breeze. As an added bonus, LaCie will include a free 1-year subscription of 10 GB Wuala Online Storage for securely storing, sharing, and synchronizing online data.

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