LaCie 80GB Firewire Desktop External Hard Drive (300699U) P3 design by FA Porsche High speed FireWire interface offers data transfer rates up to 400Mbits/s -- essential for jobs like rendering 2D/3D images, downloading digital photos, saving MP3s or transferring home videos from a camcorder 2 6-pin FireWire connectors Rotational Speed - 7200 rpm Maximum sustained transfer rate - 40 MB/s Average seek time (write) - &lt;10 ms