Daily deal - Toshiba 250GB portable hard drive for $65

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3-10-2009 @ 4:10PM

Tushar said...

You can also get a 500GB portable external hard drive for $121.50 ... Slightly better deal!

http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/UN2-54-500-SSA.html

3-10-2009 @ 4:20PM

I'm not entirely sure how that is a "better deal".

For starters, most people do not need 500GB on the road, then there is of course the price; Amazon lists multiple 500GB portable drives for as low as $98, making them much cheaper than the one you linked to, which actually appears to be a pretty bad deal.

Once you add shipping to that drive it is close to $130, twice the price of the 250GB drive linked to today and $30 more than the average external/portable 500GB drive on Amazon.

3-10-2009 @ 4:28PM

Tushar said...

I see your point...

First of all let me say that I travel a lot and I would need 500GB on the road. Certainly if you're going to dish out $65 for the deal, then there are at least some people who would not mind dishing out an additional $30-$40 for more space... A road warrior needs to have as much space as possible... When you consider the amount of space RAW video files take up these days, it starts to accumulate

Second, I found the "deal" on a site yesterday and thought it was pretty good considering that some external, non-portable 500GB hard drives cost ~$100. But if there's a cheaper deal, then go for that. Double the storage for under double the price is certainly a bargain!

btw, could you link to the Amazon portable external hard drives?

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