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Acer eMachines PC + Monitor 4 $497 and WD External HDD My Book Essestial 1TB USB 3.0 for $99@O.W

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Acer eMachines PC + Monitor 4 $497 and WD External HDD My Book Essestial 1TB USB 3.0 for $99@O.W
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HD on 07/01/2011 - 21:38 officeworks.com.au (524 clicks)

WD 1TB: http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dat…

Acer eMachines: http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Com…

These 2 items have not been posted on their website yet but my local store has a few of these in stock :) not too sure about the specs of the emachines but it's pretty similar to the EL1850 if u can confirm with ur local stores; it would be great, it comes with a 18.5'' LCD + a pair of speakers :)btw these USB 3.0 HDDs are 3x faster than USB 2.0 :)

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  • scrimshaw on 07/01/2011 - 21:48
    +1

    By the way, Samsung 1 terabyte USB 3.0 drives are available for as low as $83 a pop, according to Static Ice

    • HD on 07/01/2011 - 21:51
      -2

      isn't wd better and more reliable than samsung HDDs?

      • Davo1111 on 07/01/2011 - 21:58
        +3

        Everyone has their own opinions, however i read a proper study that showed they were are pretty similar. Once youve isolated bad batches they all have a similar failure rate. imo its like fords and holdens.

      • scrimshaw on 07/01/2011 - 22:02
        +2

        Every company will have lemons (e.g Seagate and their line of 7200.11 drives) that will mar their reputation.

        You can't really say that Company x is worse than Y just based on those screwups.

        That said I think Samsung has been in the HDD manufacturing game for long enough to come up with reliable drives.
        Their Samsung F3 series are great value for money and got good reviews for it's performance.

      • HD on 07/01/2011 - 22:18

        Thanks for the info guys. Last time I couldn't install Windows 7 on my Samsung HDD and the WD worked great. That samsung might be the one which had bad sectors but since u guys said they are pretty similar, i will make sure i keep this in mind :)

  • nubzy on 07/01/2011 - 23:52

    seagate are good drives never had an issue. got 1 500gb one and a 1TB one.

    • fish on 08/01/2011 - 08:07
      +1

      My past (20 years) experience with Seagate was not too good, all died with sound of clicking within 3-5 years.

      • cperry on 10/01/2011 - 01:22

        Likewise my experience with Seagate. Had about 5 die within a year or 2. After 5 years or so decided to try again and yep. Brother has had similar failure rate over the past. Similar period (20 years) as poster above.

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