Advantages: Fast transfer speed, protection from knocks and drops
Disadvantages: Fairly high price

...The LaCie Rugged All-Terrain External 250 hard-drive is a portable storage device which will allow you to store 250gb of multimedia files such as pictures, music and video. You will obviously also be able to hold documents and other files as well (e.g. software installations). Measuring at 9 cm wide, 14.5 cm long, 2.5 cm in height and weighing just 250 grams, making the LaCie external hard-drive very light as well as portable. The hard-drive is portable in the way that it is very light, the only thing you have to take into account is that you will require a medium to large sized pocket or any form of bag in order to carry the device. You could always opt to just carrying it around in your hand, which is not very practical in everyday life. All external and internal hard-drives state a certain amount of memory capacity, but in fact... Read review

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Disadvantages: Failed and no guarantee from Lacie

...My drive failed only half way through its two year guarantee period. Lacie do not offer any data recovery only repair. I then found out that they will not honor their guarantee even after a specialist data recovery firm using all the required clean rooms recover the data. This means that all my data is either gone or I have to pay nearly £1000 for the data recovery and then pay again for the drive to be repaired. With these drives they house 2x 500gb drives and this means twice the price for data recovery. On speaking to the data recovery experts they have seen a huge increase in Lacie drives being sent in due to failure and have advised that these do not handle the data well they should do. Very Poor... Read review

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Advantages: So easy to set up
Disadvantages: Firewire not the most popular port

...I chose an external hard drive over an internal drive as when I chose it my pc at the time had the maximum number of hard drives, which would fit in my pc. However I still needed space and felt it was a waste to take out a smaller drive to replace for a larger one so as a last resort I looked at the external option. It was then I saw LaCie and the d2 range and I knew I had to have it. I looked at higher capacity LaCie drives, but at the time I purchased it, the 120 Gb was the highest one, which also seemed to have a reasonable and worthwhile price. Now after owning for over two years I still find it ample space!! I found the drive simple to connect, I only had to load on the software (drivers), plug it in and follow the simple instructions and it is completely formatted to your chosen specifications. Also once it has been formatted... Read review

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Advantages: reliable, quick to use
Disadvantages: A bit large for day to day use

...I have had this hard-drive for a far while now and i must say that i have been very happy with it. It isn't anything special and there aren't really any advantages over other portable hard-drives. However it's main asset is it's reliabilty. This relaiblity is what makes me reccommend this hard-drive to potential buyers. For me it is better to have a storage device that will work everytime you connect it to the computer rather than something flashy which looks stylish - not to say that the lacie is hideous. In terms of performance the lacie ticks all the boxes again. It is quickly found by the computer as soo as its connected and then its very easy to find in the 'My Computer' folder. Conncetion is done by either/both wires which are both USB compatible, on older computers i found i had to connect both wires but on my relatively new... Read review

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...This is a hymn that was sung at my nan's funeral. She died in 1997 and I was very close to her. The Old Rugged Cross On a hill far away stood an Old Rugged Cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. So I'll cherish the Old Rugged Cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the Old Rugged Cross, And exchange it some day for a crown. Oh that Old Rugged Cross, so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction for me; For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above To bear it to dark Calvary. So I'll cherish the Old Rugged Cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the Old Rugged Cross, And exchange it some day for a crown. In that Old Rugged Cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see... Read review

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Advantages: Probably the biggest drive for consumer use
Disadvantages: Takes some time to defragment or format

...The LaCie d2 ‘Big Disk’ is the fastest and biggest external hard disk drive that I’ve ever seen for consumer use. I handle so much data for the three businesses that I run that I needed a back up drive that could handle everything I had. This meant backing up entire, built in, drives and imaging them to the LaCie d2 ‘Big Disk’ (as they now call it). LaCie now manufacture even bigger capacity disks but they have a price to match, this one is available at around £250.00 on-line. It’s heavier than you imagine when you actually get to take it out of the box, but what superb build quality, so solid and robust. It runs quietly as the casing acts as the heat sink, no noisy fans. Only when you’re transferring packets of data do you occasionally hear the faint sound of disk access. A blue ‘on/off’ button is the only control built... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant color, and sharpness suitable for DTP and graphics use.
Disadvantages: It takes time to set the color temperature correctly, does not feature professional color profiles.

...I recently purchased this monitor, basing my decision only on the recomendation from a colleague. This screen now stands confidently right alongside a Sony P-234 professional grade widescreen monitor which is regarded as a high end screen and which cost me almost twice as much as the LaCie LCD120. Both the Sony and the LaCie share the same response times although the Sony has a higher native resolution at 1920 x 1200 which manages to accomodate 1080 HDTV without a problem, this is not the case with the LaCie monitor. This said however, in terms of the contrast, the accuracy and realism of the Color, which is a close match to the hues displayed by the Sony (which displays industry standard color profiles such as sRGB), and the sharpness (a dot pitch of 0.255mm) , this monitor is very satisfying indeed and and is suitablle for DTP... Read review

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Advantages: Warm, waterproof, easy to use.
Disadvantages: None to me.

...The British weather has a lot to answer to. One minute it is like the middle of summer and the ground is rock hard and we really need rain. The next minute, it is like the middle of winter again. The rain has come and events have been cancelled for being too wet! I did put my rugs away, but they are out again now, partly due to the fact that after work on Thursday, my horse out without a rug, was too wet to ride. I haven`t gone back to the rug that I am reviewing though as it really is a winter rug, but my thoroghbred has a medium one on. I have so many rugs I don`t know what to do with them (almost, I have more than one horse though), but the Weatherbeeta Arion Combo is a good one. Firstly, why use a rug? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Basically to keep the horse warm. Some horses and ponies are very hardy and don`t require... Read review

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...Kingston Lacy A 17th Century house, designed by Sir Roger Pratt for Sir Ralph Bankes to replace his ruined family seat at Corfe Castle. The house was altered by Sir Charles Barry in the 19th Century, the house contains the outstanding collection of paintings and other works of art accumulated by William Bankes. It is famous for its dramatic Spanish Room, with walls hung in magnificent gilded leather. The house and gardnes are set in a wooded park with attractive waymarked paths. The surrounding estate is crossed by many paths and dominated by the Iron Age hill fort Badbury Rings. The botanically rich rings are managed by cattle grazing on them and unfortunately dogs are no longer permitted within the rings themselves. A very good day out.... Read review

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Advantages: Wide range, good value, speedy delivery, great service
Disadvantages: None that I have found

...I was looking for some new rugs for my house after the builders had finished doing some remodelling work for me and I happened upon the Rug Seller web site in my search for something suitable. I was very impressed with the site and the wide range of rugs they had available. They sell everything from runners for the hall through to large rugs as a centrepiece for any room. They have traditional styles and the more modern geometric styles in a range of colours to suit all kinds of decor. The web site has a handy search feature to allow you to choose your colour range, price range and sizes so that you don't have to go through the whole range and that is invaluable given the amount of choice available. They appear to have most of the rugs in stock but do warn that for some of the very large sizes there may be a delay in delivery. I... Read review

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