LaCie have unveiled a new rugged external hard-drive.  The new Rugged eSATA hard drives is  the first on the market that feature the Power eSATA interface, that promise transfer speeds of up to 90MB/s. You can have LaCie’s latest collection of tough eSATA external hard drive at cost $159.99 for the 500GB version. Housed in the award-winning Rugged casing designed by Neil Poulton, the LaCie Rugged eSATA features a unique scratch-resistant aluminum shell, internal anti-shock absorbers, and a shock-resistant rubber bumper to better protect files against everyday blunders.  For computers with no eSATA ports at all, the Rugged eSATA external hard drive also comes with a USB 2.0 port and will work like a normal bus-powered USB external hard drive.