daytonr said: So this one runs faster because it's a Black drive?
You gotta love WD's marketing department.
I am sure theres some marketing to it but before you attribute the reason to anything you make up, it will be good to read about these drives and the comparisons to other drives in its class.
DFL
Member
posted: Apr. 8, 2009 @ 11:50a
daytonr said: So this one runs faster because it's a Black drive?
You gotta love WD's marketing department.
See how the first letter in "Black" is capitalized? That distinguishes itself from the common color name "black".
They have used the name "Black" as a tradename, they're not describing the color of the drive. Don't feel bad though, they probably didn't do it to confuse morons - that's just a bonus.....
I suspect that WD's marketing department has cleverly capitalized (no pun intended) on their "Caviar" tradename (again, note that "Caviar" is capitalized, distinguishing itself from roe, or 'fish eggs'...)
ComeOnNow said: daytonr said: So this one runs faster because it's a Black drive?
You gotta love WD's marketing department.
I am sure theres some marketing to it but before you attribute the reason to anything you make up, it will be good to read about these drives and the comparisons to other drives in its class.
personally speaking, i've never experienced any issues with my 3 Barracudas; mind you i use them as secondary/backup drives, so i don't know if the majority of those who had problems used them as their primary that was constantly being accessed.
regardless, whether you buy WD or Seagate -- if you keep a backup, you don't have to worry about it.
KingUltra
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Apr. 8, 2009 @ 12:00p
Amazon has it for $ 105.89 for those in CA with 9.75 tax ( 10.75 in July )
DFL said: daytonr said: So this one runs faster because it's a Black drive?
You gotta love WD's marketing department.
See how the first letter in "Black" is capitalized? That distinguishes itself from the common color name "black".
They have used the name "Black" as a tradename, they're not describing the color of the drive. Don't feel bad though, they probably didn't do it to confuse morons - that's just a bonus.....
I suspect that WD's marketing department has cleverly capitalized (no pun intended) on their "Caviar" tradename (again, note that "Caviar" is capitalized, distinguishing itself from roe, or 'fish eggs'...) This is ridiculous talk. You mean that I won't end up with a large fish if I bought a Seagate Barracuda?
BryanS said: And I paid $153 plus tax at Bestbuy over the weekend. Got one of these and the BB drive is going back.
Keep in mind that what you got from BB was a retail version. This one is OEM. That simply means you will need the SATA cable/screws.
BoboTheBear
Member
posted: Apr. 8, 2009 @ 2:16p
If you plan on using this as a system/main os drive, I'd pay the extra to get the Caviar Black.
If you need more media storage, backup storage, external storage, I'd get the Seagate. Or whatever is the cheapest mb/$. The performance gain from the WD is negligible for these purposes.
I bought 4 of the 7200.11 1.5tb drives from Dell when they had that crazy $80 sale. I knew of their potential issues and all the fear mongering surrounding them ahead of time. They all came with updated firmware and they work fine.
jiggawho
Senior Member
posted: Apr. 8, 2009 @ 2:28p
Thanks OP! I just bought one. Been waiting a while for the Caviar Blacks to go on sale.
baifan said: True! Newegg definitely got to move out of CA.
I am surprised that Newegg is in CA. Given that a good bunch of its customers are in CA, it would have been prudent to be in TN only and increase its customer base by giving the tax benefit. I am guessing most of its customers in CA must be business who dont pay any tax on stuff they buy.
BoboTheBear
Member
posted: Apr. 8, 2009 @ 7:36p
ComeOnNow said: baifan said: True! Newegg definitely got to move out of CA.
I am surprised that Newegg is in CA. Given that a good bunch of its customers are in CA, it would have been prudent to be in TN only and increase its customer base by giving the tax benefit. I am guessing most of its customers in CA must be business who dont pay any tax on stuff they buy.
Actually, businesses are only tax exempt if they are purchasing for resale. If you're reselling stuff as a business, you're probably buying direct from the manufacturer or a distro center, not Newegg. I know this because we buy stuff from Newegg for our business.
CA tax rate is a killer for sure. It just got bumped up to 9.25% for my county. It's going to 10.25% in July. I bought a ton of stuff from Newegg but now I'm actively looking for Amazon deals since it's tax exempt for me. We'll continue to buy from the Egg if it's a great deal or we need it fast. We receive everything the day after we order it since they're about a 30 minute drive away. I'll hold off on a lot of impulse buys or stuff I don't need right away while I hope/wait for a similar deal from Amazon.
BoboTheBear said: Actually, businesses are only tax exempt if they are purchasing for resale. If you're reselling stuff as a business, you're probably buying direct from the manufacturer or a distro center, not Newegg. I know this because we buy stuff from Newegg for our business.
I didnt know this. Thanks.
BoboTheBear said: We receive everything the day after we order it since they're about a 30 minute drive away.
I figured that was the main reason. However I receive most of my stuff from Newegg in a day or two as well even though I am in SoutEast PA. Because they ship from NJ. Sometimes I get it next day. I do like Newegg in general.
BoboTheBear
Member
posted: Apr. 8, 2009 @ 7:52p
ComeOnNow said: I figured that was the main reason. However I receive most of my stuff from Newegg in a day or two as well even though I am in SoutEast PA. Because they ship from NJ. Sometimes I get it next day. I do like Newegg in general.
I wish Newegg would close their CA office and operate only in NJ. I would gladly take 2-3 day delivery and no state tax.
BoboTheBear said: ComeOnNow said: I figured that was the main reason. However I receive most of my stuff from Newegg in a day or two as well even though I am in SoutEast PA. Because they ship from NJ. Sometimes I get it next day. I do like Newegg in general.
I wish Newegg would close their CA office and operate only in NJ. I would gladly take 2-3 day delivery and no state tax. Seconded. CA sales tax kills
BoboTheBear said: ComeOnNow said: I figured that was the main reason. However I receive most of my stuff from Newegg in a day or two as well even though I am in SoutEast PA. Because they ship from NJ. Sometimes I get it next day. I do like Newegg in general.
I wish Newegg would close their CA office and operate only in NJ. I would gladly take 2-3 day delivery and no state tax.
I think UPS ground takes longer than that for cross country shipping. I ordered something from ewiz and estimated arrival date is 7 days from sunnyvale,ca to nyc
You know I don't mind them being in cali at all. Just keep them away from florida. And almost everything i wind up buying from them gets shipped free 3 day and comes on time.
warlockng
Happy Member
posted: Apr. 9, 2009 @ 8:42a
I got this drive at the afternoon and receive it next day. The drive run faster than the green version. However, they way they packed it make me worry about the HD.
Got it yesterday, sweet drive. Came in a box with peanuts and the drive was simply taped in a bubble wrap. Mine shipped from NJ. So it does seem they have a warehouse somewhere in NJ.
Another plus point was that this drive has a 5 yr warranty.
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