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WD 1.5TB My Book Essential External Hard Drive for $89 at Office Work

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WD 1.5TB My Book Essential External Hard Drive for $89 at Office Work
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pnks on 31/03/2011 - 21:28 officeworks.com.au (2690 clicks)

I just received an email from them and I think that's it's not too bad.
However I commit that I don't really understand about technology so please to accept my apologize if it's not really a bargain.

Computing 1.5TB Computer Peripheral External Hard Drive Western Digital

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  • issh on 31/03/2011 - 21:32
    +3

    OW is dead atm

    1.5TB for $89….

    Cheap compared to SI

    http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=1.5TB+My+Bo…

  • Lenneth on 31/03/2011 - 21:33
    +8

    I hope jbhifi accepts print outs. I'm going there first thing tomorrow morning to get them to papappaprice match it!! :p

    • Roja on 01/04/2011 - 02:24
      +8

      Dunno why u were negged for that but i voted u back up

      • aec on 01/04/2011 - 12:12
        +8

        Dunno why urself were negged for that but i voted u back up :)

  • YadaYadaYada on 31/03/2011 - 21:34

    The site's up now.

  • A Banana4scale on 31/03/2011 - 22:45
    +1

    Isn't the price sweet spot at 2Tb right now for 3.5" and 1 Tb for 2.5"?

  • RedDogInCan on 31/03/2011 - 22:56
    +3

    DSE have a Seagate 2TB external HD for $119 (same bytes per buck ratio).

    http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XH9888/seagate-expansion-2tb…

    • bbyboy on 01/04/2011 - 00:20
      +3

      if you're in sydney, fluidtek have them for $100

  • Hero on 31/03/2011 - 23:35

    If it was USB3, then it would have been a good price..

    • [Deactivated] on 01/04/2011 - 08:52

      They have the USB 3 version for $10 more.

  • supersabroso on 01/04/2011 - 00:11
    +1

    Nah, that's a good price. However you'll end up with too many hard drives if you buy such a small one ;)

    • murkywater on 01/04/2011 - 00:27

      Such a small one ;)

      lol! Since when is 1.5TB classified as "such a small one" >.<

      • llama on 01/04/2011 - 08:01

        Since the "standard" became 2TB at the same cost per GB as a 1 TB drive. :-)

      • Josh81 on 02/04/2011 - 17:20
        +1

        Since 6 months from now. :D

  • james3061857 on 01/04/2011 - 01:00

    Is this one of those portable hard drives? Or is the size big?

    • Dean-o on 01/04/2011 - 02:19
      +1

      Big: 3.5 inch so you need external power as well.

  • tyler.durden on 01/04/2011 - 01:28

    hey what is better this drive or samsung story usb 3.0?

    • llama on 01/04/2011 - 08:00

      IF you have USB 3.0 sockets on your computer, then the Samsung is heaps faster. All new computers will have USB 3.0, so if you want something somewhat futureproof, then you should get that interface.

      If you only even have used USB 2.0 and won't be tranferring lots of big files, then anything will be OK. But even a 1.5TB drive will take an eternity to fill at USB 2.0 speeds. Last weekend I copies about 600GB of games via USB 2 and it happens at about 25-30MB/sec…. about 400 minutes or 6.7 hours. At that rate, it'd take you almost a day to fill a 1.5TB drive.

    • g12345567 on 01/04/2011 - 08:00

      Samsung Story Station with USB 3.0 is up to 10x faster than the older WD 1.5 with usb 2.0. So as long as your pc has USB 3 than get the samsung.

    • tyler.durden on 01/04/2011 - 08:15

      Sorry guys I thought this was usb 3.0 drive..

      Guess it is not as good value..

      what I meant was which is better samsung story usb 3.0 or wd usb 3.0 3.5" external drive

      note: yes I got usb 3 port.

  • Hippy on 01/04/2011 - 12:20

    I have this exact model, for those asking on reliability, I have had it ~12 months and never had a problem, even though it's USB 2, it transfers fast enough if you are not in a hurry.

    IMHO good equipment at a great price.

    • ITveteran on 01/04/2011 - 13:41

      You are just good luck. I had this model July last year and the power adapter died within 3 months. WD replaced it (mailed from Singapore), but the waiting time is over 1 month.
      And the performance, it's slower than seagate 2.5" (500GB model).

      • [Deactivated] on 01/04/2011 - 17:56

        You are lucky they mailed out the adapter because when my adapter broke they said it was not covered under warranty and I would have to pay extra for a new adapter.

  • younggunny on 01/04/2011 - 16:31

    do these work on ps3's

    • mrsquiggle on 03/04/2011 - 07:09

      Yes, formatted to fat32

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