Typical price: £129
What is it: Mobile hard drive with 80GB storage
What we think: The fingerprint recognition scanner makes this drive an excellent, inexpensive vehicle for moving large quantities of sensitive data
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 28 September 2005
Tags: lacie, hard drive, cable, scanner
We like:
Fingerprint scanner keeps data secure; USB bus is powered; reasonably priced; easy to move from PC to PC
We don't like:
Not the smallest mobile drive on the market; no backup software included; Mac setup requires extra steps; may drain a notebook's battery
You might also need:
Backup software
CNET.co.uk judgement:
The fingerprint recognition scanner makes the LaCie Safe Mobile Hard Drive an excellent, inexpensive vehicle for moving large quantities of sensitive data
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