Any good 250GB+ External HDD Deals?

[norkusa]

The 250 GB hdd on my Intel iMac isn't cutting it anymore, so I need an external hdd solution fast. I've seen a few 250's for around $100 (I think they are those Western Digital 'My Books'). Just wondering if there's any better ones than that.

I'd really like to get one that has FireWire too, but I can get by without it if the price is really good.

[Kfoster1979]

Best Buy has as Simple Tech on sale thsi week for 79.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8353685&st=250gb+simple+tech&type=product&id=1176507038476

[theGrue]

If you're up for the mail-in-rebate gamble, TigerDirect has a 320GB one for $70AR:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2484245&Sku=I21-6104&SRCCODE=LINKSHARE&CMP=AFC-LINKSHARE&AffiliateID=6ckR.coHy2A-D3UZ6cyvMPqMZXcxRS3Wkg

The rebate is through Iomega, not TigerDirect, so there's some chance they may actually honor it.

[sonderiaom]

I know Costco has a 500 GB mybook for $160 I think.

[jtdragon]

Check w/ Best Buy. Recently they've had the Western Digital MyBook external drives for cheaper than most (500gb for $130, and w/ 10% coupon, I got it for around $117). I really like these drives since they are quiet and shutdown/restart when they've been idle for a bit of time. This is with no rebates. I did jump on a deal with Office Depot a few weeks ago for this same drive ($140 w/ a $40 mail-in rebate = $100). Good hunting (you should also check www.techbargains.com).

[norkusa]

I was just at BB and they had a 250Gb LaCie external drive for on sale $59.99 (with no rebates either). There was supposedly a 500Gb version of it also on sale for $79.99 or $89.99 but they were all sold out of that one.

I stepped in line at customer service to ask if they had more of the 500Gb's at other stores or if I could get a rain check but after waiting for 10 minuets for someone to help me, I got pissed off and left without buying anything.

[tgk2044]

I actually just got the 250 GB Western Digital MyBook last week from BB. I love it, it's perfectly sized for me and has a nice green glow, haha. It came out to just over $100 after tax.

[Salmonday]

I have heard a couple of people complain that the Western Digital Drives don't work properly if hooked up to an Apple Wireless Base Station (as a repository for multiple machines on a wireless network). Anyone have any experience there?

[speedy1961]

The 250 GB hdd on my Intel iMac isn't cutting it anymore, so I need an external hdd solution fast. I've seen a few 250's for around $100 (I think they are those Western Digital 'My Books'). Just wondering if there's any better ones than that.

I'd really like to get one that has FireWire too, but I can get by without it if the price is really good.

Here's what in the newest Best Buy ad that I posted yesterday:

How big you wanna go?
They've got :

Seagate 80 GB Portable >>>> $79.99
Seagate 500 GB >>>> $139.99
Western Digital 500 GB >>>> $199.99
Western Digital 1 Terrabyte >>>> $329.99
Western Digital 500 GB My Book /eSata >>>> $149.99
Western Digital 320 GB >>>> $139.99
Western Digital 250 GB Portable >>>> $199.00
Western Digital 160 GB Portable >>>> $119.99

[Vinny]

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=A0649833

That 500GB MyBook was $100 just a week or two ago. I picked one up then since I needed some more space too. I have two of them and for the price, they're good externals. There's a few annoyances but nothing major.

[norkusa]

I think I'll just go back and pick up that 250Gb LaCie drive for $59.99. It's by far the cheapest one I could find and the reviews on it were very good.


BTW, these are YMMV. I called another store by me to see if they had the 500 Gb ones and they said they cleared these out a while ago. So it looks like these 250's are back stock they are trying to dump.