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    WD MyBook Essentials 500GB External

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Justin Horne, Jun 26, 2007.

  1. Justin Horne

    Justin Horne Newbie

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    Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on a great cheap drive. I just bought one for my macbook, works excelently. I don't know if it is different in NTFS, but on HFS+ the drive formats out to ~465 gb, which isn't that bad.
    Either way, it's available for a great price from newegg. While they "Technically" don't do it, I got Best Buy to price match it after a bit of wrangling. Here's the link:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136025


    Hope this helps someone.
     
    Justin Horne, Jun 26, 2007
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  2. speedy21589

    speedy21589 Notebook Consultant

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    A few weeks ago dell was selling this drive for $100. $125 still isn't a bad price for it I guess.

    Although I managed to snag myself a 320 gb iomega external for $70 - $30 rebate = $40 (crossing fingers for rebate to process) :D
     
    speedy21589, Jun 26, 2007
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  3. jetstar

    jetstar Notebook Deity

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    That is a pretty good price for the MyBook.
     
    jetstar, Jun 27, 2007
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  4. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    I bought the WD MyBook Pro 500GB a couple of months back, and am very happy with it. It still freaks me out occasionally when it automatically shuts down after being idle for ~10 minutes... I'm not used to external drives doing that.
     
    TedJ, Jun 27, 2007
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