Portable hard drives for your MAC

Roman Loyola takes a look at portable hard drives from LaCie, MXI Security, Western Digital, and Buffalo.

Western Digital

Western Digital My Passport Studio FireWire 800/400 USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

The sleek and stylish Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive features super-fast performance, FireWire® 800 interface, and customizable e-label for a smarter, faster drive.

LaCie

LaCie Starck USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

The LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive is the result of a collaboration between LaCie and world-famous designer Philippe Starck. Its sturdy 2mm of aluminum casing keeps the LaCie Starck from overheating, and helps it to be very resistant, enhancing its overall dependability. The polished aluminum exterior is stylish and tough, but also light enough to transport, making the LaCie Starck both completely chic and completely mobile. A convenient aspect of the LaCie Starck is its embedded USB cable, which allows you to maximize its compact nature and portability. It’s easy to extract your cable, as well as coil it back inside of the drive. In addition, it guarantees that you’ll never lose your USB cable—a feature that underscores Philippe Starck’s commitment to practical and usable design. Box Content : LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive, USB 2.0 cable, USB power-sharing cable, Quick Install Guide.

MXI Security

Outbacker MXP Self Secured Biometric Hard Drive

Outbacker MXP is ideally suited for enterprise security where there is also a need for large amounts of secure portable storage. It also supports many security applications such as Single Sign On, PKI, encryption, and remote access. It has management interfaces that enable organizations to fully control security policies, deployment and usage of the devices.