LaCie announce USB-C Mobile Hard Drive for the new 12-inch MacBook

Apple's new 12-inch Macbook with Retina display has just one USB-Type C port that performs all the activities from charging the notebook to data transfer and video output.With such a piece of hardware support peripheral makers will embrace it with open arms.

Now, popular storage device maker, Lacie has announced a new portable hard drive called the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive. LaCie says the hard drive was designed especially for Mac users, and features a stylish, sophisticated aluminum finish  to the new 12-inch MacBook.

Housed in 3-mm thick solid aluminium shell the drive will keep your data fully protected. The drive will come with an adapter that is compatible with Type-A USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports. With USB 3.0, the drive offers transfer speeds of up to 100MB/second, with a speed reduction when using USB 2.0.

As the new 12-inch MacBook has only a single USB Type-C port, to simultaneously charge the laptop (or use the port to connect other devices) and connect the LaCie hard drive, users will have to buy a USB-C hub or a USB-C adpater that includes a regular USB port as well as USB-C passthough port. 

The drive comes in three capacities - 500GB, 1TB and 2TB. The 500GB hard drive is quite slim at 11mm while the 1TB and 2TB is regular sized with 15mm.

The hard drive is compatible with OS X's Time machine and will allow for easy backup for Mac users. Users also get access to the company's LaCie Private-Public, LaCie Backup Assistant, and Eco Mode software.

The LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive will be available in Q2. The company did not reveal the price.

​CES 2015: Seagate And LaCie Announce New Storage Products

Seagate launched three new hard disk drives - Seagate Seven, Seagate Personal cloud and Seagate Wireless at the ongoing CES 2015 Las Vegas.

Firstly, the Seagate Seven is said to be the "world's slimmest" portable hard drive with a thickness of just 7mm. The hard disk offers 500GB of storage and includes a USB 3.0 port. The drive will retail at $99 (Rs. 6,000) and will be available from this month.

The Seagate Personal Cloud use the Seagate Media and Seagate Mobile backups to store media and provide backup for all your devices. The Personal Cloud devices can automatically back up to online providers as well. The media app provides a way to browse content on the drive when you are away from home. The Personal cloud device will be available later in January in 3TB, 4TB, and 5TB storage capacities. It will also available in 2-Bay version (4TB, 6TB, and 8TB). The 3TB version will retail for $169 (Rs.10,000) while the 2-Bay device will start from $449 (Rs. 30,000).

Lastly, the company debuted a 500GB portable wireless drive - Seagate Wireless, designed for streaming and offloading media content from mobile devices.The drive provides a solution to stream your favorite HD video on your Android Tablet or Smartphone, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 computers and Windows RT tablets. The new Seagate Wireless drive comes in a range of vibrant color options which include lime green, cool blue, slate grey, fire-engine red and white. The Seagate Wireless Storage will be available starting February with a price tag of $130 (Rs. 8,000).

Additionally, LaCie announced The laCie Mirror and LaCie Rugged RAID. The LaCie Mirror will start shipping this month while the Rugged RAID is expected to be available in first quarter for $280 (Rs. 18,000) and $449 (Rs. 28,000) respectively.

The LaCie Mirror is a 1TB hard drive covered with mirrored scratch-resitant Corning Gorilla Glass, and will be available with Ebony wood display stand. On the other hand, The Rugged RAID features an orange anti-shocker rubber casing called thunderbolt and is water and dust resistance thanks to an IP54 rating. It offers 4TB storage space and includes USB 3.0 port.