3 Funky Portable Hard Drives For Your New Macbook

There are many portable hard drives on the market today. Most are not much to look at and can easily hide in plain sight.

Maybe you want something more? Do you want a high performance portable hard drive for your new Mac that is rugged and has a unique funky look? Maybe you would like a drive that is water resistant, shock proof, and easily transportable; yet stands out in a crowd? Here are three such devices that will deliver in all areas of performance and look good while doing it.

1. The LaCie Rugged Triple Hard Disk

The Features – available in 500 GB and 1 TB sizes. It can be connected via USB 3.0 or FireWire 800 ports. AES 256-bit encryption software. Outside, the edges are covered in a shock-absorbing case. Inside it features rubber bumpers and a Hard Drive that is shock-resistant.

Has a super-fast transfer rate of 800Mbps when using FireWire 800. The Triple also has an Eco mode that lowers power usage when drive is idle. The Triple weighs in a bit heavy at 8.8 oz.

The funky look is brushed aluminum case with bright orange sleeve.

Lacie2. Adata SH14 portable hard drive

The Features – three storage sizes 500 GB, 750GB, and 1 TB. Connection to the drive is via USB 3.0 or 2.0. Outside the edges and back are covered in a shock absorbing curved-grid sleeve. The SH14 is the lightest of the three at 7.41 oz.

The funky look is sleek black case with silicone cover in passion red or serene black. The back has a quilted upholstery-like style.

AData

3. Transcend StoreJet 25H3P

The Features – capacities available are 500GB, 750GB, and 1 TB. Drive includes a backup button for quick and easy backups. The outside case is reinforced to distribute forces if dropped and inside the drive is protected by a suspension damper. Connection to the StoreJet is via USB 3.0 or 2.0. The Transcend is the heaviest of the three at 8.96 oz.

The funky look is bright purple front cover with black silicone sides and back.

Transcend

All three drives offer a funky style and high performance. They feature AES 256-bit encryption software, run at 5400 rpm and have military grade shock resistance. Still, each has a unique and fresh look that is sure to please while working flawlessly with your new Macbook from Tesco Direct.

10 thoughts on “3 Funky Portable Hard Drives For Your New Macbook”

  1. They all look very nice. Nice designs, nice specs (apart from the speed of 5400 RPM) and mostly, they all have shock resistance, witch is very important to a portable hard drive.

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  2. i like this one Transcend StoreJet 25H3P. Very pleasing to my eyes. aside from that the features are great. 🙂

    Thanks Jane. 🙂

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  3. I definitely like the sleek design of the Adata SH14 because it is really slim and it can perfectly fit in the pocket. Not to mention its capabilities.

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  4. It seems like the designs of these external HDDs are looking to follow the trends of other popular gadgets, towards smaller, sleeker, cooler and like you said funky designs. These are definitely cool looking portable hdds and will surely kick away those plain boring designs on the hdds that we used to have.

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  5. The design of these external HDs is looking really awesome unlike the usual ones which are boring.They are cool, smaller,funky at the same time offers great performance.Moreover all are shockproof.
    really impressive…….
    thanks for sharing………!!!!!!!!

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  6. Jane,

    Great list of portable hard drives.

    I am currently using SeaGate which isn’t listed, but like usual, there is pros and cons with this device.

    I haven’t found the best one yet, I guess, there isn’t such a best hard drive.

    John.

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  7. All of these hard drives look great, but my favorite is the Adata SH14. They user have come a long way in looks than in the earlier days of external hard drives.

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