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need hard drive for old dell laptop

The oldest Inspirons such as the 7000 had those thick notebook drives. My drive didn't crash, but I replaced the old one with newer, faster, thinner, QUIETER, and higher-capacity notebook drive from Hitachi since Fry's had a sale on them. I don't know offhand how thick your drive is, but the...
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- Post #2
- Dec 16, 2004
- Forum: Laptops
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Diablotek Notebook Cooler $5.99

The depicted model looks just like the Targus brand coolerpad as sold at Staples. One of my local Staples had a sale on them for $19.99. The Targus brand is silvery plastic and had no external power supply (powered by usb). There were instructions for using an external universal power supply...
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- Post #12
- Dec 16, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Lord of the Rings Return of the King PE 24.99 free Shipping

Wal-Mart had put the 4-disc extended edition box on sale Dec 14 nationally at prices ranging from approx $22.50 to $22.99. At one seattle area wal-mart, the current price as of Dec16 is $22.87 just to thumb the nose at the local Best Buy I guess.
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- Post #17
- Dec 16, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HOT! Maxtor 250Gb SATA 16mb cache drive - $116.35 w/shipping

For perspective on the drive price, a western digital 250GB 8MB cache ATA133 7200rpm retail boxed drive is $129 at Sam's Club (seattle area price example). This is the everyday price no rebates needed. And of course, you have it in your hands. The 160GB WD is $79 each as well. The external...
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- Post #51
- Oct 22, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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[Dead] CompUSA: 10/10-10/16: Maxtor DiamondMax 60GB Internal Hard Drive - $29.99

For perspective, Sam's Club is selling Western Digital retail boxed 8mb cache drives which have recently dropped in price. The 160GB is running $79 and the 250GB is at $139. I find that WD runs cooler than Maxtor, so if you are putting them in external hard drive boxes, that may be a factor...
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- Post #39
- Oct 12, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HITACHI MD4GBA 4GB MicroDrive 3K4 with Travel Kit

Passed by it at Fry's Electronics and the travel kit looked like a small carrying case for it. So, no big deal. You can find third party "hard sided" carrying cases that would also work in a PDA section of a store.
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- Post #4
- Oct 12, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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250 GB SATA 8mb Maxtor HD, $139 No Rebate at Fry's & Outpost

As for the limit=1 items, I've been able to buy more than one at the same time. It seems more a policy to prevent dealers than it is for stopping private consumers. If the drives don't need one of those writeup sheets from a salesperson (and retail boxed drives don't), then you can just get a...
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- Post #23
- Aug 14, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Emprex 4x DVD+/-RW Writer $79.99 at Fry's

For perspective, Fry's has the Emprex 8X +/- DVD burner (model DRW 1008IM) for $69.99 each. The black bezel is included free inside the box along with Roxio 6 software. UPC 7-53622-09009-5 and the date of manufacture was 2004/03. The box lists technical support at www.allsupport.net for the...
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- Post #18
- Jun 8, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Inspiron 8600 Notebook 1.4ghz, 256MB, 15.4", DVD/CDRW, 30GB $1169 AC w/ free ship

I bought the 1.4Ghz model with nVidea 128MB GeForce FX Go5650 video when it first came out August 2003. There are some Concerns with such a laptop: CONCERN #1: Remember that if you choose the WUXGA+ with 1680x1050 resolution native mode, you will be running games in that size window if you...
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- Post #11
- May 8, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Updated) Plextor PX-712A "12x" DVD±R/RW Drive "$164.99" or Artec 12x/8x "$82.00" & Optorite 12x/8x "$89.00" shipped

For perspective on pricing, the EXTERNAL liteon 4x writer at Sam's Club is $128 and the EXTERNAL Pacific Digital 8X writer at Sam's Club is $159. Both are USB 2.0. The liteon was a limited time deal (when they run out, that is it).
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- Post #50
- May 8, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Mr Clean Magic Eraser

At a seattle-area Sam's Club, the 8-pack box magic eraser goes for $8. A local news show has a consumer product investigation segment and the Magic Eraser got the two thumbs up as being the only solution that worked for stains on delicate surfaces like painted walls. I don't have large stains...
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- Post #38
- Apr 26, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Gateway system like Dell 2400 for $299 shipped after $50 rebate

Not necessarily. Rather, "Gateway's Competitors are Better" may be more accurate. Gateway may be completely good enough for some people. However, if you are willing to do better, you may try a Dell bargain instead. My large company bought over 10,000 Dell laptops of just one model. It is...
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- Post #26
- Mar 14, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(Dead) Micro Advantage or Pacific Digital 8x DVD±RW or Khypermedia 8x DVD+RW drives "$69.99" AR at Officemax

For perspective, both types of Pacific Digital drives are sold at Sam's Club (no rebate needed). The older dual-format 8X DVD+R / 4X DVD-R drive is $108. The newer 8X DVD+R / 8X DVD-R drive is $138 (prices at Seattle area Sam's Club, Mar 01. 2004).
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- Post #30
- Mar 2, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Nice and Hot: Qwest DSL Broadband Basic $15 + $7/month

The Global interLATA $5/month also needs to be added to the monthly $22 fee. Kind of reminds me of my old Metricom Ricochet modems where the taxes, levies, and local fees (like the one my city added for Ricochet wireless) made the cost half again.
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- Post #31
- Jan 23, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Fry's 160G Maxtor 8M fluid bearing HD - $79.99 after MIR - $109.99 + tax out the door!

For perspective, the local seattle (renton) Fry's had a one day (dec24) sale on Hitachi Deskstars 120GB 2MB cache 8.5mS access for $79.95 no rebate needed (limit one per person). There are other times during the year that they have unannounced "manager's special" items that aren't in newspaper...
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- Post #8
- Dec 27, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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