Philips USB 2.0 250GB Hard Drive £69.99 (Staples 4 days only, in store)

bakerrev

Thanks for that - to answer my own question it's a

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB 3.5inch ATA Hard Drive inside.

As long as it's not a Maxtor!

Got one on reserve.

svkhtn

Could you please tell me what type of electric socket on the box side? Is it the pins?

Thanks!

foxyloxy

svkhtn wrote:

Could you please tell me what type of electric socket on the box side? Is it the pins?

Thanks!

it's very like an s-vhs socket - 5-pin DIN

brains

bakerrev wrote:

Thanks for that - to answer my own question it's a

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB 3.5inch ATA Hard Drive inside.

As long as it's not a Maxtor!

Got one on reserve.

Do you just ring your local store to reserve one? :T

THE_MIDDLEMAN

brains wrote:

Do you just ring your local store to reserve one? :T

yes I did, I used the store locator on the homepage to get the number.

Guy was helpfull and filled a form out for it.

Tribal

Will this work with an Apple Mac iBook? Am not anything approaching a techie, and am asking for someone on the bus!

steady__eddie

I'm really tempted 'cos I haven't indulged in any comfort spending for a while now but could somebody tell me if it will work for me.
I can see that it says U.S.B. 2.0 but my laptop has the older version (1.1 ?), If it means that it will work but it will take longer then I'm up for it, well I've got nothing else to do have I ?

buggu

steady__eddie wrote:

I'm really tempted 'cos I haven't indulged in any comfort spending for a while now but could somebody tell me if it will work for me.
I can see that it says U.S.B. 2.0 but my laptop has the older version (1.1 ?), If it means that it will work but it will take longer then I'm up for it, well I've got nothing else to do have I ?

It should work just at the lower speed.

brains

I've reserved one in my local staples, gona pick it up tommorrow. Bargain for £70! Puts to shame my 256MB usb pen drive.

ilikewatchingtv

Dunno if this will be the same for all stores... but I bought one of these HDD's at the Lincoln store today, and I was given a £5 gift voucher with my purchase... have read all the T&C's and the only major one seems to be that it has to be used between 03/05/06 - 17/05/06... - just hope they have another good deal on then as well :-D - The voucher is stamped an the back "Lincoln #52", so I guess they're a limited run of some sort...