External Hard Drive

Smickan

Maplins are selling a rather attractive 320gb freegate external hard drive for £60 until the 4th September when it goes back up to nearer £100.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=217654&TabID=1&source=1&doy=21m8

Same thing in PC World is approx £11 dearer.

I love it It matches my laptop /easily pleased.

Vista, XP and Mac compatiable x

Inactive

500GB version at Amazon;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-FREEAGENT-DESKTOP-UK-VER-7200RPM/dp/B000OT5IMW/ref=pd_bbs_9/202-3624106-9100659?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187712156&sr=8-9

b33r

Inactive wrote: »

500GB version at Amazon;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-FREEAGENT-DESKTOP-UK-VER-7200RPM/dp/B000OT5IMW/ref=pd_bbs_9/202-3624106-9100659?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1187712156&sr=8-9

I got that from play a couple of months ago for £69...

Tao81

b33r wrote: »

I got that from play a couple of months ago for £69...

Who's play? Do you have a link or any details please. Thanks:D

b33r

Tao81 wrote: »

Who's play? Do you have a link or any details please. Thanks:D

play.com

it was on special offer, its back up to 89 quid from them now but if they can afford to sell it at 69 i imagine someone will come along sooner or later who can at least match it.

Kamran

hey guys,

I'm interested, is this the best offer for a external hard drive you guys know of? I'd be willing to spend around the £50 mark for as much external memory as possible (but also something reliable)..

thanks! Kam

Inactive

b33r wrote: »

play.com

it was on special offer, its back up to 89 quid from them now but if they can afford to sell it at 69 i imagine someone will come along sooner or later who can at least match it.

Really helpful.:rolleyes:

therivierakid

Ebuyer are doing a 320GB Seagate drive for £55 - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116092/rb/0

And a 500GB one for £75

I've always rated Seagate stuff.

richyrichuk

Kamran wrote: »

hey guys,

I'm interested, is this the best offer for a external hard drive you guys know of? I'd be willing to spend around the £50 mark for as much external memory as possible (but also something reliable)..

thanks! Kam

don't forget u cacn spend thousands on a hard drive. and nothing is totally reliable. just luck of the draw.

u do get crappy makes of hard drives the best is seagate barracuda very good!

b33r

Inactive wrote: »

Really helpful.:rolleyes:

Infact, I thought it was, the implication of the post was that unless you are in desperate need of an external hard drive right away then it might be worth waiting as i imagine someone will at least equal the good the price or better it soon. Prices of computer hardware rarely go up so I was advising you that now might not be the best time to buy as i got a much better deal a number of months ago. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Kamran

Cheers for that, so it seems the best deals out there are either:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116092/rb/0 at £54.99
and
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=217654&TabID=1&source=1&doy=21m8 at £59.99

£5 difference between the two, both 320GB storage, both made by Seagate, however, does anyone know which of the 2 is faster, or perhaps more reliable based on your experiences if you've used either of them?

thanks!