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posted: Aug. 6, 2007 @ 9:59a
OutOfStock
Cranky Member
posted: Aug. 6, 2007 @ 11:20a
If anyone is interested its a WD SATA Scorpio drive in there. I popped it open and did a drive swap with the Macbook so now i have the old 80GB velcro'd to the lid in the passport case. (I tried this too with the 160GB Passport but it vibrated a lot. The 250GB is really quiet)
xocruiser1
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 6, 2007 @ 6:45p
the 120 gb was 90 last week at Staples. 250 for 160 is good if you have the extra cash lying around..
xocruiser1 said: the 120 gb was 90 last week at Staples. 250 for 160 is good if you have the extra cash lying around.. Are the Passport drives bootable?
TIA
iddy0902
New Member
posted: Aug. 7, 2007 @ 1:48a
can you tell me what the spec is for the sata hard drive? is it only 2meg cache as stated in the spec, or 8meg?
thanks
hommer
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 7, 2007 @ 11:53a
OutOfStock said: If anyone is interested its a WD SATA Scorpio drive in there. I popped it open and did a drive swap with the Macbook so now i have the old 80GB velcro'd to the lid in the passport case. (I tried this too with the 160GB Passport but it vibrated a lot. The 250GB is really quiet)
How is it working out for you? I plan to swap this drive with the 120gb one in my Macbook pro. Do you know if this drive is compatible with my MBP by any chance? How did you pop it open? I couldnt open the enclosure of my 160gb wd passport.
Circuit City has this drive for $169.99. There is also a mention of $15 off $100 at CC for study break. I went to CC today and found a whole bunch of these coupons. They are one time use and unique and dated from 8/8/7 - 8/27/7. If you buy this online, through fatwallet, you could save an extra 2%. Do instore pickup and have your drive right away as opposed to waiting. So total is $169.99 - $15 = 154.99 + tax. Also 2% off of 154.99.
No go on the coupon. Didn't see that they mentioned $15 off $100 on REGULARLY priced item. Oh well, maybe someone could use it at a competitor's store like Staples.
Ordered this drive for $144.58 + Tax via the PayPal link. This is a great price for this drive, and shipping is free!!!
passivex
Broke Member
posted: Aug. 10, 2007 @ 2:02p
I've been watching this drive and I have a 10% off Dell EA coupon from Dell. However, it's from SBS and, even though sbs allows you to checkout with paypal, the 10% do not apply over there so I can't stack.
Oh well, got the drive from Dell Home with 3% FC + 10% paypal coupon. This deal went from good to great with the paypal coupon.
$57.8 cents per gig. Not bad for a portable drive. The deal from OD is better (if you could use the coupon) but it's 160GB vs 250GB and that Maxtor drive isn't as good or nice as this WD drive.
Sturmie
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 10, 2007 @ 2:27p
in 4 1. the 10% off through PayPal sealed it for me.
got the 160gb one from Costco for $97 (after tax) last week, but couldn't resist the 250gb...gonna return the 160gb. these WD Passports are really slick...and the Passport II's are smaller than the silver 100gb version i picked up last year.
confused200 said: xocruiser1 said: the 120 gb was 90 last week at Staples. 250 for 160 is good if you have the extra cash lying around.. Are the Passport drives bootable?
TIA
Yes as long as your bios permit booting from a USB drive.
maserati125
Member
posted: Aug. 13, 2007 @ 11:27a
This drive is only 4200RPM with 2MB buffer. The CNet review says its read speed is OK, but the write speed is 20min for 10G mixed file, but Seagate only takes a little more than 10 mins.
stayfat2006
New Member
posted: Aug. 13, 2007 @ 3:12p
maserati125,
So you are saying this is a 4200 rpm drive, even though Dell says it's 5400 rpm? Can you send me links to where you got your specs? Thanks.
So you are saying this is a 4200 rpm drive, even though Dell says it's 5400 rpm? Can you send me links to where you got your specs? Thanks. maserati125 is wrong, this is a 5400RPM drive. There is only one 250GB 2.5" drive in existence, and it's this one. Cnet.com.au shows it to be much faster than its nearest rival, the Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB.
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