It seems what people really want are more stylish portable external drives.

LaCie has announced the 12big Thunderbolt 3, a 12-bay desktop RAID storage unit that offers blazing transfer speeds over Thunderbolt 3.

This tilted aluminum box with chrome mirror finish and dual M.2 SSD drives in RAID 0 is described to be a trophy for tech connoisseurs. After coming face-to-face with it, we certainly don't deny it, even if it's a little over-the-top. Would you pay US$1,400 for it?

Get a full aluminum build with bevelled edges that looks good and easily fits in with your Mac products. What's more, it has USB Type-C connectivity and the desktop edition uses this to charge and power up an Apple Macbook! Some drives may be worth the extra premium and these LaCie drives qualify that. More details inside.

LaCie has just announced three new Thunderbolt 2 storage devices that are targeted at professionals who demand the utmost in speed and bandwidth.

First announced at the CES 2014, the LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 is now retailing in 1TB SSD capacity through the LaCie online store and resellers starting from US$1,299.99.

Who says external hard drives have to look boring? LaCie's latest external hard drives are out of this world gorgeous and look nothing like the gadgets we've known.

Adding 1TB of external storage capacity to your iPad/iPhone/Mac, you can store up to 500 movies, 160,000 songs, or 190,000 photos, and share them with up to five devices simultaneously. It's compatible with AirPlay, so you can easily stream movies onto the big screen via Apple TV or music to compatible speakers.

Named the "Little Big Disk", it powers on a set of 500GB PCIe Gen 2 SSDs in RAID 0, and allows streaming and editing of 4K or 3D videos while in the field, making it ideal for video professionals.

Seagate and LaCie has announced an exclusive agreement with the intent for Seagate to acquire a controlling interest in LaCie.