Portable External Hard Drive

[corndog67]

I just went to Costco about 15 minutes ago.   500 GB external Seagate for $69.   Same thing in 1.5TB flavor, $139. 

[cyrus buelton]

I just went to Costco about 15 minutes ago.   500 GB external Seagate for $69.   Same thing in 1.5TB flavor, $139. 

That's some weird pricing.


The 500gb is a shit ton cheaper than the same product at microcenter, but the 1.5TB is the same price

[somegirl]

unless you carry it around w/ your laptop (like i do).

+1

My shoulders thanked me when I switched from a large heavy one with separate power supply to the compact USB-powered one.

[scoprire]

Check out the drives/case from OWC.  1st aimed at the Mac crowd, they make some very nice cases.  Multiple interfaces on some cases, or just USB is that's what you need.  Sometimes a bit higher $, but they don't save $ by using the cheapest chipset they can; they use a good chipset so that it continues to function they way it is supposed to.  You can get drive/case combos, or just buy the case and get the drive cheaper somewhere else. 


  I have 3 of their pro elite (1 bought used) and haven't had any issues w/ any of them.  Support is decent for the one time I asked them a question.