Seeing a car design on electronic is not a fresh perspective anymore. Started by Acer with their Ferrari design, followed up by ASUS with their Lamborgini design, and more from others. The latest car design for computer peripheral is made by LaCie, which also sporting amazing luxurious car design from Porsche.

They are the new storage solutions called Porsche Design Desktop P9230 and Porsche Design Mobile P9220 hard drives. Just like the fast moving car, both hard drives have been equipped with the best and fastest USB 3.0 connectivity which featuring superspeed transfer rate with up to 6Gbps data could be transferred on each second. However, there is no mention on the exact transfer rate of both Porsche Design Desktop P9230 and Mobile P9220 in MB/s yet.

What’s cool is the sleek aluminum casing and design that resembled the luxuriousness of the sport car, but as far as sport car design, this LaCie Porsche Design hard drives didn’t quite there yet.

Storage-wise, LaCie Porsche Design Desktop P9230 and Mobile P9220 is featuring different storage sizes. For the mobile version, LaCie made it available in both 500GB and 1TB, while the Desktop version is larger at 1TB and 2TB. Not all of them are available yet, but I saw Amazon has listed the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile 500GB for $104.76 and LaCie Porsche Design Desktop 1TB for $115.21. There is also a 750GB model that will be sold exclusively in Porsche Design store, but we have no idea if this model will be priced higher then other series or not.

Watch the following video for more details:

[via LaCie]

LaCie Announces Porsche Design Mobile P9220 and Desktop P9230 HDDs
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Instead of heading forward to the USB 3.0 standard, LaCie with the help of their designer Neil Poulton has created a new Rugged Safe external hard drive with hardware encryption.

The LaCie Rugged Safe has been equipped with a fingerprint scanner, where you can protect your hard drive accessibility with 128-bit AES hardware encryption with your own biometric fingerprint data.

LaCie Rugged Safe Drive is weighs in 298 grams only, featuring USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 interface. This portable hard drive with fingerprint scanner will be available in 500GB and 1TB capacities, and it has been backed with a convenient 3-year warranty.

The pricing will be about $189.99 for 500GB model, and $299.99 for the 1TB model.

[via Geeky Gadgets, GadgetVenue and Techchee]

LaCie Rugged Safe Drive Gets Fingerprint Scanner Security System
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LaCie Network Space MAX is practically the double thickness of the usual external hard drive. So it’s save for me to call it thick face.

Well, without judging the hard drive from its case, This Network Space Max is actually offering a handful of features for your home network file sharing.

LaCie Network Space MAX is featuring RAID 1 for security on you DATA, remote access to the files even your PC is off, can be used as an external storage when network is down, can backup multiple computers at the same time, works with iTunes server, Mac user can also turn it into a Time Machine, and many more features that you can digest at the LaCie Network Space MAX website.

The special features that worth the mention is probably the torrenting system. It can download and store torrents files with LaCie’s user-friendly dashboard. This LaCie Network Space MAX will retail for $279.99 for the 2TB version, and $479.99 for the 4TB version. Fair pricing.

The Thick Face LaCie Network Space MAX NAS launched
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Instead of getting on another cool looking external hard drives, LaCie is hopping on to manufacturing more rugged portable HDD that could protect your hard drive and data from a shock or scratch.

Their latest member to their existing rugged portable HDD is the Rugged USB 3.0, an external hard drive that has fully harnessing the USB 3.0 capability while still providing the backward compatibility to USB 2.0.

Under USB 3.0, LaCie Rugged hard drive can offer transfer speed of 110MB/s, which is about three times of the USB 2.0 speed. On the top of that, LaCie offers another great features that exist in all of its rugged model. The portable hard drive features a unique scratch-resistant aluminum shell for outer protection, while it has a shock resistan rubber bumper enclosing all edge inside the case for shock resistant, and it capable of resisting major drops up to 2.2 meters.

LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive will be available in May with MSRP $149.99.

[Press Release via Chipchick]

LaCie USB 3.0 Rugged Portable HDD
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The cool looking LaCie Starck External Hard Drive is getting a $30 discount (14%) at Buy.com. For $179.99 (listed price is $209.99), you will be able to get the 2TB LaCie Starck External Hard Drive.

2TB capacity can let you store a plethora of files, millions of music, hundreds of movies and games. Although you can only save $30 on this deal, I guess it is better than nothing!

The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive represents a collaboration between LaCie and world-renowned designer Philippe Starck, who designed our groundbreaking line of “Toaster” hard drives. This product underscores the importance of developing and creating products that are as functional as they are beautiful. One of the most remarkable features of the LaCie Starck is its intelligent touch-sensitive surface, which responds to your touch.

You can fully customize the front panel of the LaCie Starck so that it opens the application of your choosing, depending on whether you use a short tap or a long touch. It’s easy to use and efficient. With its sturdy aluminum casing, the LaCie Starck is one of the most resistant and coolest choices on the market. its exterior provides a sturdy, reliable way to keep it from shock and overheating, making the LaCie Starck completely dependable.

Get LaCie Starck 2TB External Hard Drive for $179.99 after ($30 discount).

Save $30 on LaCie Starck External Hard Drive
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It seems LaCie has finally breakout of its black shell design by presenting to us their latest desktop hard drive called ‘Starck’.

This Starck desktop hard drive looks pretty glamour and chic. Carrying the surname its designer, Phillippe Starck, LaCie Starck Desktop hard drive introduces a never-seen intelligent customizable touch-sensitive surface feature that will responds to your touch, Starck signature LED and intuitive back-up software to save your day.

The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive represents a collaboration between LaCie and world-renowned designer Philippe Starck, who designed our groundbreaking line of “Toaster” hard drives. This product underscores the importance of developing and creating products that are as functional as they are beautiful. One of the most remarkable features of the LaCie Starck is its intelligent touch-sensitive surface, which responds to your touch. You can fully customize the front panel of the LaCie Starck so that it opens the application of your choosing, depending on whether you use a short tap or a long touch. It’s easy to use and efficient. With its sturdy aluminum casing, the LaCie Starck is one of the most resistant and coolest choices on the market—its exterior provides a sturdy, reliable way to keep it from shock and overheating, making the LaCie Starck completely dependable.

The Starck Desktop Hard Drive is available in 1TB for $129.99 or 2TB for $249.99. The price might not as a good deal as their previous ‘black buddies’, you will pay more on its styling instead of its capacity if you plan to get this Starck model. Head to LaCie site for the shopping cart.

LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive
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