The lacie rugged triple hard disk provides universal connectivity you39ve got the superior speeds of usb 30 and firewire 800 and full backward compatibility with firewire 400 and usb 20 you can transfer a 700mb video file in less than 7 seconds with usb 30 compared to 25 seconds with usb 20 with the rugged triple39s 7200rpm model you can even achieve speeds up to 110mbs whether your goal is super speed or complete compatibility the rugged triple has everything you need four levels of rugged