Testseek.com have collected 54 expert reviews of the LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt.
November 2011
(78%)
54 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Fast throughput. Compact form factor. Sturdy construction.
Thunderbolt speed and flexibility. Two Thunderbolt ports. Semi-portable. Rugged.
Incredibly fast transfer speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second blows away competitors. Slick and slim design classes up any workstation. Heat sink design keeps data cool
Speedy
Portable storage. Small
Strong metal enclosure.
The rugged
Good-looking
And compact Thunderbolt-enabled LaCie Little Big Disk SSD offers by far the best performance for a single-volume external drive. The drive can be daisy-chained with up to five other Thunderbolt devices without decreasing the thro
The editors didn't like
Noisy fan900 bucks is an awful lot for 240GB of external storage
Not bus-powered
* Thunderbolt cable not included
* Limited compatibility
Price when rated
$499
Expensive
Thunderbolt cable not included
Currently only compatible with Macs
High price per gigabyte. Noisy fan. Thunderbolt only. Thunderbolt cable costs extra
$900
Expensive per GB. Requires included AC adapter for use (not bus powered). Some fan noise
High price and smaller storage capacity will scare away consumers. Internal fan whirs at all times. Necessary power adapter limits portability. Cable is an extra
Requires external power supply. Whiny noises after prolonged use.
The LaCie Little Big Disk SSD doesn't have the built-in support for any other common peripheral connections like USB or FireWire
It works only with Thunderbolt-equipped Macs
Is expensive
And a little noisy. The drive doesn't come with the necessary Thu
Most on the SlashGear team agree that swapping from HDD to SSD has the biggest everyday impact on computing smoothness, compared to RAM or even processor. Until now, though, external storage – even external SSDs – has been hampered by connectivity. Wh...
Incredibly fast transfer speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second blows away competitors. Slick and slim design classes up any workstation. Heat sink design keeps data cool
High price and smaller storage capacity will scare away consumers. Internal fan whirs at all times. Necessary power adapter limits portability. Cable is an extra
I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but I really want lower priced Thunderbolt options. The Little Big Disk works if you're cross shopping between LaCie and Promise. In fact, viewed through those glasses, the SSD version delivers competitive ban...
Thunderbolt products are finally starting to roll out. The Pegasus was a good start, and the Little Big Disk gives customers a more palatable price point. To hit the lower price LaCie does sacrifice a bit on capacity and performance. The move to 2.5" hard...
Abstract: LaCie released its first Thunderbolt-equipped storage solution called Little Big Disk (LBD) last week, and some people have already received their units. A user over at MacRumors Forums has posted some early benchmarks and a small teardown of the 1TB...
Abstract: Thunderbolt is the name used for a technology used to connect external hard drives and other devices to your computer (your computer and the device must both have Thunderbolt ports). It's expensive, but if you work professionally with very big files, it ...
Both drives offer solid build quality and good performance. It will take a while for Thunderbolt to hit the mainstream so, if you’re sharing the drive around, the Quadra might be a safer bet. But for personal use the extra speed of the Thunderbolt is ...
