Why do so many buy the older model? shows that most people (65% vs 17%) buy the older model instead of this one.
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Well, LaCie's spec sheet states "Cache Size: 16MB or greater." This vagueness says to me that the actual disks may vary. Peeking through the grille, the drive is a standard 3.5 in. form factor; one cannot see the label without voiding the warranty. My disk tools do not yield anything more detailed than USB or Firewire device numbers. The influence of cache size on write speed greatly depends on the data characteristics. Speedups will be small for big sustained writes, but will be noticeable for writing many small files or fragments. For writing 1 GiB of data, I get: 69 MiB/s over FW800 27 MiB/s over USB 2.0 Both rates are quite reasonable. -- Tested on an empty HFS+ formatted disk on a 24" Al iMac on Mac OS X using the command: time bash -c 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/Volumes/LaCie/BIG bs=1m count=1024; sync' Note that "dd" gives a transfer rate on its own; the extra "sync" and "time" is to evaluate the effect of the OS cache, which turns out to be minor, &lt; 1%.
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Pat- It's the new one. The original is over $100, but still being sold. :-(
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I have no idea since I didn't purchase that model. Generally paying substantially more for the new model of anything is not justified when only incremental changes have been made. It all comes down to research and a value decision.
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I believe this was the most up to date unit, they have been around a while and I wasnt aware that there was a newer version for maybe quite some years? Don't know for sure though, I suspect the price drop (as well as the price drop on the G-system) that has occurred fairly recently is a sign that they may be poised to release some new models? but have searched and found nothing on this subject. This was a nice unit though!
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I was surprised by that too. I don't really know why that is the case. If I were to guess they may have stopped production of those models (the 250gb Last of Us and the 500gb slim). Since there are less of those models in the wild now Amazon may be pricing them higher. That was my reasoning but I don't have any definitive information.
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Other sites might sell for cheaper. You just have to look a little then but even on Amazon the used ones can be more expensive than the new ones, as it depends on the seller.
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Larry,I haven't got a clue, but excellent question. I guess if I had to take a stab at the answer, I'd say that more people buy the 6 inch version than the 12 inch version. In other words, they can gouge the hell out of us by charging more for the most popular item. I own them both and they are identical except for the length. I remember thinking the same thing when I purchased mine.
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I don't know but at a quick glance the specs seem to be the same. In the past when I've seen small differences in product numbers like this it was because one was made to sell in a particular big box store. There may or may not be a difference in the product. A big box store that offers a price match may or may not recognize the two models as being the same for price match purposes.
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The pictured is a model 1, and the model 2 is typically cheaper if ever so slightly. The model 3 tends to be more but not a whole lot more
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I cant answer 100%, because I read in misc forums that new version uses same numbers as the old.What I can answer is "THIS version when I bought it, is not the new versions".
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Agreed- they're the same. Companies - especially electronics brands - add these numbers to most of their products, in order to allow stores to be the "exclusive seller" of that model, and/or offer the "guaranteed lowest price" on that model (since they're the only one that sells it).
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I'm assuming it went up in price because this model has been discontinued, so they are rarer than they were a year or two ago.
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I do not have any data or research to back this up, but it seems the less desirable colors go on sale as if the distributors are trying to move the colors that don't sell as well. The more common or neutral colors seem to be sold at regular price more often. Basically, supply and demand, the cameras are the same but a less desirable look might not sell as well and the distributors still need to sell them to get their money back.
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Could be some are used or sold at different price depending on where u get it. For larger profit. I hope this help.
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shipping prices is the main reason. Shipping from the manufacturer $25 then shipping to you another $25 makes it hard. The prices on Amazon are actually still about what the old MSRP was even though the price has gone up.
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The old model can be jail broken which places this in high demand. Because it's in high demand but short supply (when they're all gone, there won't be anymore), sellers can charge a premium price.
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Amazon is selling the old models separate from the new models (at lower prices), and you posted your question to the forum of one of the 2007 models. The new versions are here: