SimpleTech external HDDs designed by Pininfarina

We've never really felt the specific urge to have the plastic casing that houses our data be designed by a company like Pininfarina -- the same people who designed cars such as the Ferrari 575M Maranello, Jaguar XJ-S and Volvo C70. If, however, such design standards strike your fancy, SimpleTech is offering up some portable USB 2.0 drives that could do the trick. They range from the $110 40GB version to the $180 100GB version, and all spin their disks at 5400RPM with 8MB of cache.

[Via The Gadget Weblog]

[Abbas @ Jun 8th 2006 9:26PM]

the LACIE ones Porsche designed look way better than these

[Desides @ Jun 8th 2006 9:44PM]

If they could release a 20GB drive for around $80 or so, I'd pick one up, attach it to my future Wii, and store all my save games/Virtual Console downloads there.

[John @ Jun 8th 2006 9:55PM]

I think those LEGO drive by lacie were more on the mark too. As far a designer HD cases go, which isn't that far really.

[scott @ Jun 8th 2006 11:00PM]

dude, desides...

I built for myself an 80 gig drive for 80 bucks... 20 gig wouldnt run you much more than about 30 bucks for the drive and another 20 for the case...

[larry @ Jun 8th 2006 11:24PM]

you got ripped off, i have a 300gig i built for $100...80 for the harddrive, 20 for the case

[Joel @ Jun 9th 2006 3:29AM]

Whether he got ripped off depends on what kind of hard drive he got. 80 bucks isn't bad for a 2.5-inch rig. At 300GB for 80, you obviously used a 3.5 inch hard drive.

[crescentdave @ Jun 9th 2006 4:32AM]

Sorry. Lacie's a shapeless box, proving less is less. This at least has some bite. You youngsters ... you're getting more and more conservative each and every day. Check out nature- it's not just a "brushed aluminum" world. :)

[Lee Gibson @ Jun 9th 2006 11:38AM]

Yeah, because red enamel is so nature-y, right dave?

[crescentdave @ Jun 10th 2006 1:42AM]

Gee, Lee, guess so ...
http://images.art.com/images/products/large/11737000/11737155.jpg

[scott @ Jun 10th 2006 3:45AM]

@ Larry

dude, sorry i didnt mention it's a bus powered lappy drive im talking about, im assuming your monstrocity needs a power supply?

PWNED!!!