Get a 1TB external drive for $89.99 (AR)
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Buy.com)
I said it would happen, and here it is: a 1TB external hard drive for less than $100. Specifically, Buy.com has the 1-terabyte Cavalry CAXE3701T0 dual-interface drive for $89.99 shipped (after a $50 mail-in rebate). Yowza.
Because it's preformatted with NTFS, it's plug-and-play ready for Windows users. (Mac and Linux folks could easily reformat it, I'm sure.) The drive includes both USB and eSATA interfaces, and even comes with a SATA bridge cable so you can connect it to an internal SATA port (handy for those systems that lack an external one). Why bother? Oh, maybe because SATA transfer speeds are about six times faster than USB 2.0.
This is a new drive, of course, with a one-year warranty. The rebate offer [PDF] expires today, so don't wait too long. This is the first time I've seen a 1TB drive for under $100. (Remember when these babies sold for $400-plus?)
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Why? Mac and Linux users can already mount and write to NTFS without any problems, so the drive is just as usable. In fact both Mac and Linux can setup a NFS share and use the drive on a network just as easy.
The problem is when the drive is hooked up to a Windows machine. You have to install Samba to access the drive from the network. It Microsoft that limits the drive to Windows only, not the other way around.
but here I got some nice deals for you guys
this is a 750gb hdd for $80 + $10.5(shipping) --------- NO REBATES
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822324005
this is cavalry 1TB for $130 plus $9.5 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822101126
this is gonna be your personal favorite I bet....
2 ms response time
VGA, DVI and HDMI
Speakers
webcam
comes with DVI and VGA cable...and a USB too...
and here comes the main flavor of this deal --- it;s for $210 only!! Free shipping is the icing on it!
and if you've got cheapskate blood in you, then you can wait $20 mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236043
- by mfeitz October 1, 2008 12:35 PM PDT
- Buy.com canceled my order from yesterday and gave me a $10 gift card. They claimed there was an error in the information they reported. I would rather have the hard drive--it was a pretty sweet deal.
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- by rickbroida October 1, 2008 12:51 PM PDT
- That sucks! Bad Buy.com. Bad! Well, I suppose the gift card was better than nothing. Most companies would just leave you with, well, nothing.
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