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LaCie has some kind of reputation because they used to use always different HDs or CD/DVD burners. I know from people who avoid Samsung HDs, others have other preferences. So far I was lucky to get good WD (drives as well as cases). Some docking stations I got from an american supplier (with FW400, FW800, USB and SATA sockets) stopped working on FW800 after one year.

 

So far I didn't switch to thunderbolt connection. Only my MacBook is thunderbolt ready, my old iMac battlehorse has no faster connection than FW800.