The Lacie Golden Disk external hard drive, designed by Ora-Ïto, is tempting me, even though I know fully well that I can get double the capacity for another $50. Realistically, though, it will be many years before I max out half a terabyte, and I can't resist that surface value—some might call it "shiny"—especially when it comes in a shape that casually resembles Gió Pomodoro's classy abstract bronze pieces.
Maybe you like one of Lacie's other designs better?
Gió Pomodoro, Forma distesa, 1963–4.
The question is, can you swap out the drives? You could get the drive+enclosure, sell the drive, and buy a larger drive. In fact you could get the 500gig drive+enclosure, and buy a 1TB drive yourself, and still spend less than LaCie's charging for their 1TB drive+enclosure.
Posted by: ben wolfson at May 6, 2008 2:41 PM