LaCie

Appealing looks, but the sound lacks punch

This is about as glamorous as storage gets

A good end product that holds 500GB, but getting there takes a little effort

Should LaCie ever decide to exit the storage market, the company would surely have a bright future in the armaments industry. The LaCie BigDisk Extreme is built like the proverbial tank

Backing up can be a drag. There are one or two ways of making it easier, but it usually involves buying an expensive hard drive with some sort of one-touch backup routine using complex software

Several layers of security including fingerprint recognition