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Abel

just an fyi... went to Costco (willowbrook) during lunch to get a CF card and I saw these...

WD MyBook 1TB External - USB, Firewire, eSata - $135

BestBuy has them for $210:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1203815241551

Abel · 01-29-2009, 12:32 PM

I paid that much from Bestbuy for a USB only drive last month. I plan to swing by and get a couple this evening.

Sonny · 01-29-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Abel

I paid that much from Bestbuy for a USB only drive last month. I plan to swing by and get a couple this evening.

But I don't have any more music you want.

Abel · 01-29-2009, 12:55 PM

ha!

[martin] you so crazy [/martin]

venchka · 01-29-2009, 01:37 PM

Whoa! That's a deal. I have two confusers with FireWire ports. Awesome!

Thanks!

Wayne
Watching his old scanner collect dust.

Abel · 01-29-2009, 01:41 PM

HAHA

wayne as it turns out someone scanned the images for the family and made a slideshow so my immediate need for one subsided...

although i still may be in the market for one later...

venchka · 01-29-2009, 01:49 PM

Your folks have good friends! I reckon the scanner is worth more as a deductable donation than a hard cash sale. We had a good laugh!

Kalrog · 02-02-2009, 10:22 PM

If this is a good deal.. I got the Seagate 1TB FreeAgent XTreme for $129 from Fry's this past weekend.

BusToBedlam · 03-10-2009, 10:17 AM

Got two of those myself. Great deal at Costco
WD MyBook 1TB External

RightAngle · 03-10-2009, 01:19 PM

Wowzers that's a crazy deal. Thanks!

Abel · 03-10-2009, 02:17 PM

im hoping to pick up 2 drives this evening...

These 25mb Raw files from my 5dmk2 add up quick!

EdSA · 03-10-2009, 04:41 PM

It looks like Best Buy tried to join the sales band wagon. they now have them for $149

Dawn U · 03-10-2009, 04:53 PM

Western Digital external drives have a tendency to suddenly crash, unexpectedly. I had one that one day allowed me to access the images on it, the next time, it wouldn't access. It was tried on multiple computers - one running XP and two running Vista - and none of them would acknowledge it.

I have a friend who does computer tech support and he researched, trying to find a fix for it, and said that from what he saw, it seemed to be a common issue with no obvious answers on how to get my images off the drive.

Just putting it out there. I'll never buy another one.

Abel · 03-15-2009, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Dawn U

Western Digital external drives have a tendency to suddenly crash, unexpectedly. I had one that one day allowed me to access the images on it, the next time, it wouldn't access. It was tried on multiple computers - one running XP and two running Vista - and none of them would acknowledge it.

I have a friend who does computer tech support and he researched, trying to find a fix for it, and said that from what he saw, it seemed to be a common issue with no obvious answers on how to get my images off the drive.

Just putting it out there. I'll never buy another one.

i had the same issue with the older WD drives... so i switched the Seagates, then i had a similar issue with those as well! go figure...

Redundancy is king... I have my stuff backed up on several drives now so unless all 3 separate hard drives which hold copies of my originals die at once then im good... hehee

jalvarogutierrez · 03-15-2009, 07:35 PM

Sounds great.

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Costco: WD MyBook 1TB External - USB, Firewire, eSata - $135