Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB - $119 plus Free Shipping & Dock System

Pretty nice steal... er, deal going on over on Seagate's site. You get your choice of a 320GB FreeAgent Go for $99.99 or a 500GB FreeAgent Go for $119.99. Comes with free shipping and free docking system to boot. Not too shabby. Link of the deal is located at the following:

Special Offers on Seagate FreeAgent Go


I also recently wrote a mini-review that includes lots of pics on the 320GB version of the FreeAgent Go with docking system. You can check it out here at the NotebookReview forums:

Just In! Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB External HDD Review

 

I feel that is expensive for 500gb.

 

Not a great deal at all. I can get the same 500GB Seagate for $119 regular priced, in Canada (which is around $85 USD). Thanks for the heads up though!

 

Guys... please pay attention. You aren't just getting the external HDD. You're also getting the dock that goes with it and free shipping.

 

Free shipping can mean a lot sometimes, the dock I do not see being a big deal, for a desktop your better off with a 3.5" external for more storage & cheaper price, for a laptop the the dock is just one more thing to put in your bag that you have no real use for.

So I say it averages out to being about normal price.

 

I don't. You're getting about $30 in free shipping plus the docking system. Regardless if you would use the dock or not, people looking for a good price on the dock and shipping can't do much better than FREE.

 

I would rather get a 1tb external hdd for 110 from seagate too.

 

Thats not quite true, the dock has the 2 port USB connector in case the drive cannot be powered by one connector.
I wonder if the cable is fixed to the dock.

Some HDD manufacturers *cough* WD passport *cough * just include one pronged usb connectors.

The 6" cable is moronic though

 

Be aware that there is a difference in shock tolerance between 2.5" and 3.5: drives. 2.5" drives can take 3x the shock of 3.5" drives.

If I lost 1TB of data, I wont be moaning about the drive cost, but the data cost

 

Hmmm I have seen all sorts of HDD failures. How did you determin it was a shock that damaged it?

I really doubt many people are going to use an external hdd in shock type situations, your internal drive though may find itself in that type of situation more often and they have models with even higher/better shock tolerance.

Course there is always SSD, online data sync services, or redundancy raid to protect your data beyond normal means if its important you should look into one of these.

 

It is.

 

It happens, you may hit the enclosure while moving something, you may bump against the table etc. It doesnt take much to nuke a desktop HDD

 

Please stay on topic and avoid the unnesseccary personal attacks(many posts have been deleted).
If you know of a better deal, then feel free to create a new thread.