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Posted at 3:08 PM on Saturday 11/17/07 by
Ben
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OfficeMax.com has this SimpleTech 160GB Portable External USB 2.0 Hard Drive (2.5" Form Factor) for $80 with free shipping. The drive runs at 5400RPM, with an 8MB Cache and StorageSync Pro software. Covered by a 3-yr warranty. [BizRate]
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    way2cool - Posted 3:21 pm PST 11/17/07 (90 Posts)  Report Spam

    with 100....go for other external 500Gb drives

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    Philster - Posted 3:41 pm PST 11/17/07 (802 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is a 2.5" notebook type drive, whereas the $100 500Gb ones are 3.5" drives that weigh much more. The larger drives require a power supply cable as well, this does not.

    Good price, if I'd not just gotten the Seagate 160Gb for $100. 5 year warranty, I'm wondering if the 2 extra years are worth the 20 bucks.

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    babuguy - Posted 3:49 pm PST 11/17/07 (35 Posts)  Report Spam

    yesterday, there was a $70 deal for same size 2.5" hard drive..

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    mikerowaved - Posted 3:58 pm PST 11/17/07 (747 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yup, it's a 2.5" notebook drive alright. Expensive and slow as crap. No thanks. I'd much rather melt the polar ice caps with a REAL drive.

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    jhkilroy - Posted 4:07 pm PST 11/17/07 (236 Posts)  Report Spam

    These drives are great.

    no power is needed. Format it to fat32 and you can use them for your PS3 or Xbox 360 for music , video , pictures.... way cheaper and faster than a thumb drive.

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    leo - Posted 4:12 pm PST 11/17/07 (944 Posts)  Report Spam

    and i thought this deal is hot, but according to #3, this deal is not so hot after all.

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    LJW - Posted 5:43 pm PST 11/17/07 (1265 Posts)  Report Spam

    Anybody knows if the drive inside is PATA or SATA? Standalone SATA 160GB drives go for over $100, this would be worth getting just to extract PRECIOUS BOUNTY

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    gabinator - Posted 6:35 pm PST 11/17/07 (35 Posts)  Report Spam

    Good idea to use as an Xbox drive. I think this size will work well for that too.

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    lschang - Posted 7:13 pm PST 11/17/07 (142 Posts)  Report Spam

    bought a $15 of $75 coupon off of ebay and used on this.

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    seymour - Posted 8:17 pm PST 11/17/07 (1066 Posts)  Report Spam

    these drives are painfully slow. I prefer the passport which is sleek and black.

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    LJW - Posted 8:58 pm PST 11/17/07 (1265 Posts)  Report Spam

    Once you go passport...

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    mikerowaved - Posted 9:38 pm PST 11/17/07 (747 Posts)  Report Spam

    #9, so you're the one that outbid me at $22 for the coupon.

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    lapierce - Posted 8:37 am PST 11/18/07 (279 Posts)  Report Spam

    Ya'll are missing the point. This thing is designed by Pininfarina. It's the FERRARI of external hard drives.

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