LaCie Aggressively Pursuing Apple Mac USB 3 Market

With it's custom SuperSpeed USB 3.0 drivers for OSX Leopard - and when paired with a LaCie brand USB3 drive and either a PCI-e or ExpressCard adapter from their product lineup -- LaCie is delivering USB 3.0 on the Intel Mac platform today:

LaCie USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 130998

LaCie USB 3.0 PCI Express Card 130977

With either of the above cards in a Macintosh Pro tower's PCI slot - or MacBook Pro ExpressCard Slot - AND when paired with a LaCie brand drive - They're delivering a solution for ultra high-speed data storage and backup - Today.

LaCie Rugged All-Terrain 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive 301945

Exciting Year Ahead For USB 3.0 On A Mac

2011 is poised to open the floodgates of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 computer accessories and peripherals. Especially for data backups - the increased bandwidth available promises to improve hard drive transfer speeds by a factor of 2x to 3x.

Many external hard drive manufacturers are ALREADY shipping USB 3.0 enabled backup drives - and they're the smart, future-thinking purchase you ought to make if you're in the market for a new external drive for your MacBook laptop or desktop Macintosh system.
LaCie Rikiki Superspeed 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive

With USB3's backward compatibility with USB2 -- you can use the drive for your TimeMachine and backup needs today - and be SuperSpeed ready on your next Macintosh laptop or desktop.

Stay tuned early in the new year. With MacWorld Expo and CES 2011 coming up - expect the next wave of USB3 for Windows7 and Mac OSX products to be in the limelight.