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    Newegg Headsup...

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by mnementh, Mar 21, 2009.

  1. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Just a heads up guys... Newegg has this 1TB Caviar drive for $99 w/free shipping:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...L032009-_-InternalHardDrives-_-L0C-_-22136317

    plus, they have a promo code EMCLPNL29 that knocks it down to $89.99!

    Also, today's ShellShocker is a 1TB Seagate FreeAgent USB External drive for $94.99, also with free shipping!

    mnem
    *Curses Newegg softly* I was gonna buy a chrome plated CD polisher with that 90 bux!
     
    mnementh, Mar 21, 2009
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That's a pretty good deal, thanks for the find.

    The prices are a bit higher, but right now NewEgg has a small deal on Caviar Black drives as well. The coupon might work with it as well, I'm not sure.

    From my understanding, all of the Black drives have more cache and twice the embedded processing power. And the larger drives (705GB+) secure both ends of the mechanical shaft to provide a little more stability (supposedly).

    Anyway, Green or Black...good deals!
     
    Greg, Mar 21, 2009
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    marconi Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks mnem for the heads-up
    I needed to upgrade a few drives in my server
     
    marconi, Mar 21, 2009
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  4. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    Wish it worked on the black. I ordered one today (from Newegg). The code works on green only.
     
    Modly, Mar 21, 2009
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  5. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah, well - I'm using a 1/4TB Green drive as expansion on my Time Warner HD cable box; I'm quite interested to see how my capacity blooms once I plug in that 1TB drive. My son will be happy; I no longer need to delete all his Jane & the Dragon-ses so I can save his immersive Spanish from PBS...

    mnem
    Priorities...
     
    mnementh, Mar 22, 2009
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  6. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    Iceman304 Notebook Consultant

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  9. mnementh

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  10. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    I don't understand why you would want a "black drive" - What is the advantage to this drive from the dark side? - Is the "green drive" not as good because they are trying to help the earth?
     
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  11. Modly

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    Green drive == variable RPM, less onboard cache. It powers down when it feels like to save energy.

    Plus the black has a better onboard processor.
     
    Modly, Mar 23, 2009
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  12. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    I didn't know this Modly... rep to you!!
     
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    I like to buy the retail hard drives. They come with a better warranty. I think this drive is only 30 days. OEM.
     
    coffey7, Mar 24, 2009
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  14. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    This is correct... OEM is 30 days with the manufacturer, otherwise you have to go through whoever you bought it from (ASI for example) for warranty work... I say screw OEM providers like ASI and Synnex - Just use them as a distributer but buy retail drives.

    OEM drives work better for people that buy hundreds of thousands or millions of drives (Dell or HP for example)... they save themselves $3/drive and sell a million drives they just saved them selves $3,000,000 dollars!!
     
    Rob, Mar 24, 2009
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    You sure on that? I just bought oem WD for the tb30 and the paperwork says three years. It just came in a plastic bag from newegg.
     
    Iceman304, Mar 25, 2009
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  16. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    Just because it's in a plastic bag from newegg doesn't mean that it's OEM... On a side note... what I previously said it true for most case's... I have seen OEM stuff with 1 year warranties and 3 year warrantys as well so that might have been the case for you ice.

    Peace
     
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  17. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    If you guys missed this deal the first time around, Newegg's running it again; $99 w/free shipping, plus promo code EMCLRMR23 knocks it down to 89.99!

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...L041409-_-InternalHardDrives-_-L0A-_-22136317

    Yes, it's OEM/BULK (NOT Recertified), yes you get 30 days warranty from Newegg, 3 years from WD:

    http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp#policy

    I have one of these plugged into my Scientific Atlanta 8300/8240 HD DVDR; it runs cool, quiet & glitch-free. I went from 78% full down to 13% when I added this drive - YIPPEE!

    mnem
    Yes, this dragon uses mousse. Don't judge me.
     
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    And here's a NEW headsup; today's Shellshocker is a nice tiny Saitek 4-Port USB2.0 hub that looks perfect for hacking inside a Toughbook, and its only $5.99 with free shipping!

    http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx

    Please note that the ShellShocker changes every day, and the above link will only take you to the CURRENT ShellShocker deal!

    mnem
    Ooooh... USB omelette...
     
    mnementh, Apr 22, 2009
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  20. Rob

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    *Gets fork and knife ready to eat the omelette...* o wait... :(
     
    Rob, Apr 22, 2009
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