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21-06-2007
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| CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida, US
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| External 160GB Maxtor - 49.99 AR Haven't been buying or keeping up w/ stuff lately, but now I'm looking for an external HDD for my Dad, this one is the cheapest (per Gb) I found @Circuit City 49.99 after $40 savings and $30 MIR: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Hard-...ategorylist.do sounds like a good deal? |
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21-06-2007
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| CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2007
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| Re: External 160GB Maxtor - 49.99 AR Dollar wise yes. But in my experience and my friends experience, Maxtors are notorious for failing. There was an Iomega 320Gb external for 40 bucks after rebate on Buy.com. Its sold out now, dangit |
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21-06-2007
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| Re: External 160GB Maxtor - 49.99 AR I read a lot about maxtor failing, but I never personally experienced it. Anyhow, this is the older model of maxtor, before the seagate taking over, and most folks have high failing rate with them. I have 200gb maxtor, enclosed in an external case for my lappy, using via firewire port. I abused it big time and still not failing yet, I have it over 3 yrs already. I download things off newsgroup, I average over 20 gb downloading a day. I unzipped those big movies files and watched it then deleted it. So download, unzip, and delete at least 20 gb every day for the past 3 yrs and still no problems. My dad desktop has a maxtor as well, 200gb also, no problems so far, got it for $39.99 AR at Frys 2 yrs ago and no problems, but of course his desktop has light use unlike me, I abuse it everyday.
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| Re: External 160GB Maxtor - 49.99 AR Quote:
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22-06-2007
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| CD Freaks Member  Join Date: Feb 2006
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| Re: External 160GB Maxtor - 49.99 AR I have had two of these drives (Maxtor 160's) and one Maxtor 200 GIG for about a year now and have had no problems at all with them. Use one of them on a daily basis. Was able to get them for about $49 (no rebates) at Radio Shack where they often have sales on these drives. The 200 G was a bit more - $69 I believe.
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22-06-2007
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| Re: External 160GB Maxtor - 49.99 AR Quote:
__________________ Current System: Asus U6S-A1 with Intel T7500 2.2ghz C2D; 4gb RAM, 200gb Hitachi 2.5" 7200RPM /w 16mb cache; 12" Led Backlit Display; Hitachi/LG GSA-U10A laptop drive; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit; BenQ 1655 in Cypress ATA2+ Chip Enclosure; Seagate 500gb Pro eSATA drive; HP 30" LCD S-IPS display via HDMI-DVI converter from Asus U6S-A1 Output | |
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