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    Western Digital 2TB USB 2.0 Elements Desktop External HD (blk) $89.99 Shipped at dell.com, Daily Deal for today, 1/14/11

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Cin', Jan 14, 2011.

  1. Cin'

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    at dell.com Daily Deal for 1/14/11:

    Western Digital 2TB USB 2.0 Elements Desktop External Hard Drive - Black - Reg. $114.99, Sale $89.99 with Free Shipping.

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    Wow, storage is getting cheap cheap cheap. No reason NOT to have backups...
     
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    It's pretty slow though...
     
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    For backup, who cares. You're not using it as your system drive. It's just for occasional backups or large file storage.
     
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    Heh. I have backups of my backups.
     
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    Same here. System PC --> WHS --> External Backup --> Cloud Storage (most important docs). Not to mention I probaby have most important backups between a couple USB HDD's I've got.
     
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    I thought the same way, before I had to use it. Good thing it was my sisters' and I just had to temporarily use it for my SSD setup. I'm happy of my other archival system, a vantec dock and several Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F1's.
     
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    It can't be that slow can it? I've got a Windows Home Server (currently undergoing surgery) and over gigabit ethernet to 4x2TB Caviar Green drives it's plenty quick, and I can't imagine this thing is any slower than a Caviar Green (it probably is same drive), and 480mbps over USB should be plenty fast at realistic throughput of 40MB/s (continuous).
     
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