Consumer Reports.

Hotsauce84

Since I spend every Sunday morning eating menudo and scouring the sales ads, I figure I'll share my discoveries with my Strut fam. Probably come in handy this time of year...b, 21b, 21 Western Digital 400GB Portable Hard Drive for $139/a1 b, 21b, 21Today thru Wednesday only!b, 21b, 21Perhaps you guys would like to share too?

SPlDEY

I just picked up a 750 gig external hd from seagate for $99 at Fryes.b, 21b, 21- spidey

Hotsauce84

Quote:h, 21b, 21I just picked up a 750 gig external hd from seagate for $99 at Fryes.b, 21b, 21- spidey b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21Whoa! Portable?

djdaze

Quote:h, 21b, 21

Quote:h, 21b, 21I just picked up a 750 gig external hd from seagate for $99 at Fryes.b, 21b, 21- spidey b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21Whoa! Portable? b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21no, it's the only NON portable external hard drive ever made. It comes in a casing that weighs 750 lbs.

4YearGraduate

It only runs on IBM 386's running Dos

DJ_Enki

Quote:h, 21b, 21It only runs on IBM 386's running Dos b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/balla-22.gif" alt="" /1 (Essential LOGO heads know the transaction!)

Swayze

Quote:h, 21b, 21 Western Digital 400GB Portable Hard Drive for $139/a1 b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 215400 rpms? img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/talib-doodoo.gif" alt="" /1b, 214mb cache img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eagle.gif" alt="" /1 b, 21No FW img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bucs.gif" alt="" /1b, 21b, 21With those passport drive, you definitely wanna make sure you get Passport Elite or Studio, the rest are crap.

Unherd

Quote:h, 21b, 21

Quote:h, 21b, 21 Western Digital 400GB Portable Hard Drive for $139/a1 b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 215400 rpms? img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/talib-doodoo.gif" alt="" /1b, 214mb cache img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eagle.gif" alt="" /1 b, 21No FW img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bucs.gif" alt="" /1b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21

DjArcadian

Quote:h, 21b, 21I just picked up a 750 gig external hd from seagate for $99 at Fryes.b, 21b, 21- spidey b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21On a similar note. $79.99b, 21http://shop4.frys.com/product/5734822/a1

Hotsauce84

So is that Best Buy a bad buy? I don't understand this tech stuff.

Swayze

Quote:h, 21b, 21So is that Best Buy a bad buy? I don't understand this tech stuff. b, 21b, 21h, 21

b, 21b, 21Not a good buy... A lot of manufacturers are going for that biggest HD you can fit into a package for the least amount of money. They don't really give the specs upfront (on the lesser passport models, none of the most important specs are not on the outside of the packaging). Then when you take the drive home, you realize that its slow and you can't daisy-chain, etc...b, 21b, 21I guess it all depends on what you use it for, but I wouldn't try music/video or backing up to that drive.b, 21b, 21just my 0.02.

bull_ox

For what its worth, I have a regular ole Passport and have had no efficiency problems... I listen to music off it all the time - I don't normally watch video off it but I have - and have never had any complaints about it.b, 21b, 21I have never DJ'ed with it (or any other hard drive), however.