The SSD version of LaCie’s iconic Rugged drive gets a speed boost

The caller LaCie Rugged SSD4 is compatible with computers, tablets, and smartphones. | Image: Seagate

Neil Poulton succeeded successful elevating the plan of outer drives 2 decades agone with the instauration of LaCie’s Rugged line, which features a agleam orangish bumper to support information from drops. Today, Seagate announced an updated mentation of the LaCie Rugged Mini SSD with a fewer tiny plan tweaks and a large boost to transportation speeds.

The thrust is present called the LaCie Rugged SSD4 and is disposable starting contiguous successful 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities (Seagate is dropping the 500MB option) for $134.99, $249.99, and $479.99, respectively.

The Rugged SSD4 is precisely the aforesaid size arsenic its predecessor but present features a brushed aluminum decorativeness and a centered USB-C port. It present supports transportation speeds up to 40Gbps with 4,000MB/s work speeds and 3,000MB/s constitute speeds. Seagate’s older Rugged Mini SSD had a USB-C larboard that was somewhat off-center, a smoother aluminum finish, and work speeds that maxed retired astatine 2,000MB/s.

The caller thrust isn’t rather arsenic accelerated arsenic the LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 that was introduced earlier this twelvemonth astatine CES with 6,700MB/s work and 5,300MB/s constitute speeds, but erstwhile it’s connected to a USB-C iPhone, the Rugged SSD4 is accelerated capable to seizure ProRes 4K footage astatine 120fps.

As with the previous version, the caller Rugged SSD4 has an IP54 standing against particulate and water, but it’s decidedly not waterproof truthful portion splashes are okay, a implicit dunking would not be. Its orangish bumper besides protects it from drops arsenic precocious arsenic astir 10 feet, but that’s decidedly not an invitation to casually flip it around.