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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / July 2007LaCie cables
I consider LaCie harddisks the best but not their short (USB or Firewire) cables. LaCie may save 17 cents making cables so short that one has to place the harddisk very close to the computer thus cramming the desk. IEEE permits 4.5 meter, but 1.5 meter should be enough in most cases. Google finds under laCie cable short 278 000 Hits LaCie (and their dealers) tell laconically: Go buy a cable This doesn't need a comment but rises the question: Didn't those 278 000 posters never write to LaCie? 10 000 would perhaps be already enough,-) Peter > I consider LaCie harddisks the best but not their short (USB or Firewire) > cables. LaCie may save 17 cents making cables so short that one has to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Peter I have four external LaCie drives, each connected with a LaCie supplied cable. Three of the drives are connectied n a firewire 800 chain and one is connected by firewire 400. The firewire 800 drives are on a shelf below the desktop on which the computer sits, and the firewire 400 drive sits next to the computer. All of the cables were of sufficient length.  SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > > I consider LaCie harddisks the best but not their short (USB or > > Firewire) cables. LaCie may save 17 cents making cables so short that [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > drive sits next to the computer. All of the cables were of sufficient > length. This Firewire cable and the other USB cable are 60 cm long - no chance to reach a shelf. 278 000 obvoiusly have the same problem. This also doesn't tell that LaCie ships shorter cables to Europe/ Germany. Regards Peter > I consider LaCie harddisks the best but not their short (USB or Firewire) > cables. LaCie may save 17 cents making cables so short that one has to > place the harddisk very close to the computer thus cramming the desk. This comes under the "different strokes" category. I prefer short cables when I daisy chain devices together. I have a drawer full of long USB and Firewire cables. Before buying some LaCie devices, I purchased some short cables for that purpose. Now that I know LaCie provides them, I will be more liekly to buy their products in the future. |
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