WD 320 passport price
Metspitzer
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Western+Digital+320GB&x=0&y=0
Item 1 and 3 seem to be the same thing except for the model numbers
and the price.
What is the difference?
Paul
They could be different generations of drives. One could have a
different platter density than the other. Drive mechanism prices
fall with generation, so that could be a factor. And in fact, you
may find even better prices than the ones on Amazon.
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Model: WDBAAA3200ABK Price: US$99.99
http://westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=698
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Model: WDME3200TN Regular Price: $89.99 Promo Price: $59.99
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What really counts, is the reviews for each drive. If there are
more DOAs for one model than the other, I really wouldn't care
what the price difference was. I'd want a solution that works.
So first find reliability data, in the form of customer reviews,
and go from there.
Has cabling problem - avoid... WDBAAA3200ABK-NESN
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16822136405
(Older drive - out of stock) Data loss... WDME3200TN
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16822136227
I'd use the Newegg advanced search, sort drives by reputation,
take the part number, and search the Internet for one of those.
I'm not seeing a lot of "I lost my data" in the reviews so far.
The first review here, is 11/19/2008, so there should have been
time for some 3 month failures, if they were going to show up.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16822148342
Paul
Metspitzer
>
>I'd use the Newegg advanced search, sort drives by reputation,
>take the part number, and search the Internet for one of those.
>I'm not seeing a lot of "I lost my data" in the reviews so far.
>The first review here, is 11/19/2008, so there should have been
>time for some 3 month failures, if they were going to show up.
>
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16822148342
>
> Paul
Thanks