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#312824 30-Mar-2010 13:44

Pretty sure it's a while stocks last offer and I doubt (knowing distribution) stores will have gotten in a whole heap, why not be sneaky and ring up and get one put on hold now to buy on Saturday?

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#312847 30-Mar-2010 14:48

Can someone SCAN and POST a copy of the Dick SMith page here showing this $99 drive ?

At the moment I'm not sure whether this is a hoax or not as it sounds too good to be true.

Here hoping ...

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#312849 30-Mar-2010 14:51

What do you mean by Touch ?
IPOD Touch or some sort of touch drive ??
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#312854 30-Mar-2010 15:08

dewyodor: Can someone SCAN and POST a copy of the Dick SMith page here showing this $99 drive ?

At the moment I'm not sure whether this is a hoax or not as it sounds too good to be true.

Here hoping ...

Dew Y

I dont have a scanner but just got brochure today so definitely legit. I am hoping they have some drives left when I go in on Thursday afternoon.

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#312860 30-Mar-2010 15:37

riahon:

I dont have a scanner but just got brochure today so definitely legit. I am hoping they have some drives left when I go in on Thursday afternoon.

Do you have a camera? or a camera phone?

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#312861 30-Mar-2010 15:37

No esata so I think I will pass on it at this stage.

I guess they are clearing them out to make room for USB 3 drives. I got a 660 gig for $99 a while back which has firewire, USB2 and Esata on it and really fail to see why esata is a "premium" upgrade on things, it should cost less than USB does IMO.

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#312876 30-Mar-2010 16:11

dewyodor: Can someone SCAN and POST a copy of the Dick SMith page here showing this $99 drive ?

At the moment I'm not sure whether this is a hoax or not as it sounds too good to be true.

Here hoping ...

Dew Y

Its true, I have the ad. Wonder if it will turn into another Harvey Norman $288 netbook ione, as it doesn't say anything about limited stocks or rainchecks on the ad. Just says, 1 per customer.

I got one about 8 months ago for $150. $100 is an ok deal, but they are only 5400 speed and it is quite slow transferring over USB. The eSATA external drives are far better.

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#312885 30-Mar-2010 16:22

IME cant even overnight backup 1TB via USB - takes much longer.

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#312902 30-Mar-2010 16:53

robbyp: $100 is an ok deal, but they are only 5400 speed

So many people didnt fully read my first post. The drive inside is a WD Green 10EADS which is 7200rpm.
If you need faster, rip off the casing and simply use it as an internal drive.

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#312904 30-Mar-2010 16:57

eXDee:
robbyp: $100 is an ok deal, but they are only 5400 speed

So many people didnt fully read my first post. The drive inside is a WD Green 10EADS which is 7200rpm.

If you need faster, rip off the casing and simply use it as an internal drive.

It doesn't say that on the advert I have got. Where does it say that?

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#312907 30-Mar-2010 17:00

@eXDee. Many thanks for your post as i don't get junk mail. i'll be checking the stores, then line up outside a store first thing on the 1st and then quickly dart to next store. i need two of these bad boys for my htpc iam building.
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#312931 30-Mar-2010 17:58

Here's the almighty $99 1TB external hard drive deal, scanned! Got it this afternoon:

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#312932 30-Mar-2010 18:03

I need a new 1tb hdd real bad!! ima camp outside the store so i dont miss out.

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#312938 30-Mar-2010 18:31

i wonder if other retailers like harveys will price match this offer? i'll definitely give it a try if im not successful at dse.

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#312951 30-Mar-2010 18:45

robbyp:

eXDee:
robbyp: $100 is an ok deal, but they are only 5400 speed

So many people didnt fully read my first post. The drive inside is a WD Green 10EADS which is 7200rpm.

If you need faster, rip off the casing and simply use it as an internal drive.

It doesn't say that on the advert I have got. Where does it say that?

it doesnt say its a 5400rpm drive on the advert either.
I have one of these drives, hence why i know its a 10EADS because thats the hardware ID of it.

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