It's definitely back at the $142.99 price at Best Buy. There were plenty of DTG serial #'s at my local stores. There were also a lot of 10% coupon (exp 1/31/2008) in the address change pack found at US Postal Office.

I just pluged it in the USB port and confirmed that it's the Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00. I'll swap this out on my ThinkPad X61. Good find guys!

I checked 2 BB Stores, Signal Hill,CA had no DTG Serial Number Hitachi Drives, The Lakewood Store had 3, I purchased 1. I didnt have the coupon with me, but I asked if they would apply the coupon if I came back tommorrow and they said OK. They are still selling at $142.99.
I was cheerfully credited $15.16 today when I brought back the coupon. Just a heads up, on these coupons, they says that the 10% off is off of regular prices. Most of the time they dont enforce it, but occasionally, you get someone who wont do it, Ive been lucky so far.

ANyone know about the speed of the HD in the H2250U model?
On Sale for $149 right now...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8355718&st=hitachi+hard+drive&lp=3&type=product&cp=1&id=1177112455283

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pcguy said:ahlex said:I saw the Hitachi 160GB for $99.
This would be nice if it's 7200RPM.
Can anyone confirm this?

I had that same thought, but it turns out the 160GB were 5400rpm. The serial numbers are totally different though (starts with S). If you could find a DTG 160GB or figure out the numbering scheme, it's possible some of them are. SJJ's are 5400rpm.

Any1 have success deciphering the code for the 160gbs? They are $90 ...Text

well, even if they are, 160GB are actually slower. You can check the data sheet (876Mbps on 100/200, 695Mbps on all other models = more than 25% faster in sustained rate on the 100/200 models than the other 7k200). Anyway, the deal is back perhaps (I dunno if I can use the 10% coupon). BEFORE coupon it is $130, so it is even better now I will grab one tonight to replace my 7k200 100GB (that will go to fleabay, of course) with it. Perhaps I may get two... at least I can do RAID-0 with my 2nd HDD bay (that's SATA-IDE) on my laptop.