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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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Nice and Hot: Qwest DSL Broadband Basic $15 + $7/month

Is this a temporary price reduction? How long with this $15/$28 rate last? I didn't find any info at their website to indicate if this was a promotional price plan or not. The Qwest promotional price plans have a tendency to expire at 3 month, 6 month, or one year intervals whereupon you then...
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- Post #22
- Dec 27, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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APC 1000VA UPS Battery Backup $79.99 AR and PM at CompUSA

For perspective, the APC Back-UPS Pro 1100 is available at Sam's Club for $124.95 everyday price no rebates needed. This is not a physically small UPS as it contains dual batteries inside to give a nice robust on time. A nice feature is the standalone ability to power up a device even when the...
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- Post #2
- Dec 15, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Simpletech STI-CF/256 Compact Flash card $34.99 w/ free shipping @ Amazon

For perspective, the everyday price at Sam's Club for 256MB CF is $49 (stock status varies though). There is also a $49 256MB USB drive keyfob in their computer hardware section.
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- Post #4
- Dec 15, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Dell 1800FP Panel LCD for $431 (9-11 only!)

For price comparison purposes, there was a no-name brand of 18-inch LCD monitor at Fry's Electronics (seattle) for $379 each.
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- Post #23
- Sep 11, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Wi-Fi Internet access HotSpot Finder

As for free wireless access, there are getting to be more and more public hobbyist groups that are creating WANs offering free wireless access. Each node in the wireless WAN can offer or relay excess bandwidth to other nodes in the WAN. As long as you are in range of one of the nodes in the...
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- Post #8
- Aug 28, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Need a 32" TV Within a Month

Hmm. Your previous identical thread on this was locked. At least you are persistent about getting information on what you want, despite stating that Toshiba is not good enough for you. Previous identical post that was locked
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- Post #7
- Jul 19, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Cyber Home DVD player 79.88 Free Shipping

To contrast, at times, Sam's Club (a warehouse shopping club) has sold DVD players for $59.99 this year (about a month ago). So, if Sam's is convenient, it may be worth stopping by before you decide to buy one mail order despite the sales tax.
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- Post #4
- Jul 12, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Fog machine and Fog Juice 38.95

With the prices so low, now I can wait for the COPS tv show to feature someone trying to lose the police chaser by turning on their fog machine.
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- Post #10
- Jun 11, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free DVD and CD rental from your local library!

More and more libraries also offer free wireless 802.11b internet to go with their free internet wired terminals. Some of the libraries even allow/encourage use of the internet services from their parking lots such as the ones over here in Washington State (kitsap peninsula and King County)...
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- Post #13
- Jun 11, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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40 AA Heavy Duty Rayovac Batteries for $7.99 at CompUSA (not incl s/h)

What's amazing is the economies of scale. Last year, I had read a translated Chinese article which indicated that in mainland China, the heavy duty batteries sell for as low as 5 cents each battery (over there of course). So, a 40-pak would sell for 40x5 --> $2.00
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- Post #9
- May 24, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Problem with Dlink 614+ and Orinoco Gold (Truemobile)

Have you taken a look at the set of dlink webpages maintained by http://www.seattlewireless.net for the DLink cards? http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/DlinkCard
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- Post #13
- May 16, 2003
- Forum: Networking
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Canon A70 + 256mb CF at Dell Home $265.08 AR TODAY ONLY

I bought the A70 and Dell said it would have a shipping date of May 23. However, I had received the unit on May 15 which was just a few days after I had ordered it.
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- Post #9
- May 16, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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(DEAD)Warm: Bellkin 1200VA UPS $99AR

For comparison purposes, the APC Back UPS Pro 1100 is $118 everyday price at Sam's Club. These are 1100VA models and are huge and heavy with large batteries. They are not those types of "big VA" rating models with tiny batteries. Another plus of this APC model is that you can force it to...
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- Post #21
- May 16, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Acrylic Notebook Cooler $9 + $6 shipping

It looks like the cheapest way to "extend" the cable is to take your existing hub and just hook the cooler pad up to it. A extension cable costs too much for what it does and it might not be re-usable in the world of high speed USB 2.0.
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- Post #23
- May 16, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Acrylic Notebook Cooler $9 + $6 shipping

REVIEW: two fan USB-powered laptop cooler Shipping: Received it right away. The product was shipped in another box rather than having a shipping label slapped onto the original product box. Description: I will oversimplify the description to avoid writing a ton of words. Imagine an...
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- Post #21
- May 11, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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USR Int. 56k v90 FaxModem $5.99 AR PCClub (B&M Only?)

To keep the deal in perspective, at Sam's Club (seattle region), the 56K PCI internal with Voice is $14 or so without rebate needed.
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- Post #3
- May 8, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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speakeasy free xbox/ps2/gamecube deal is back

Speakeasy is one of those rare ISPs that doesn't mind if you put a wireless DHCP access point on your broadband access so that other people can use it. http://www.speakeasy.net/main.php?page=hzpolicy
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- Post #8
- May 2, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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APC Travel Power PnoteAC75 mobile auto / air power inverter 75w of "clean" power! Was $89.99 now less than $29.99 AR, PM

If you are looking for inverters, then you might as well spend $28.99 at Sam's Club for the 400W model that is good for a lot of general purpose usage. If you are looking for a mobile auto power supply, then I recommend the Port brand "Empower" series. I use one with my Dell laptop. It plugs...
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- Post #6
- Apr 28, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Acrylic Notebook Cooler $9 + $6 shipping

Thanx for posting the existence of a laptop cooler. I've long wanted a convenient type of active cooling pad to keep the laptop's own internal fan from coming on due to heat. In the past, I had to prop up the laptop on a hard surface so that there was at least one inch of free air space under...
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- Post #12
- Apr 28, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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What's the best wireless notebook card?

I personally favour the Senao card. It has high receiver sensitivity and high output power of 200mW max. I use it and am quite happy with it. The Senao uses the intersil prism chipset which is not as well supported by freeware as the Hermes chipset which Lucent/Orinoco uses. Thus...
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- Post #37
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: Networking
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Outdoor 802.11 enclosures

The www.seattlewireless.NET group has members with plenty of experience in outdoor antennae. If there isn't something on their website that deals with what you want, post a message on one of their mailing lists. Example of waterproof box antenna at www.seattlewireless.NET
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- Post #10
- Apr 23, 2003
- Forum: Networking
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Sony Wireless LAN Card PEGA-WL100 only $55.95 after rebate, shipping is free

Another thing to remember about the 802.11b cards is that the 802.11g cards are already selling with MSRP list prices as low as $69.
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- Post #6
- Apr 16, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Perhaps Hot ? Aluminum USB2.0 Enclosure "5.25" $49.00

The description of the case is slightly cluttered as one part says that it comes with a built-in universal power supply and another part says it comes with an external power adapter. What I really wish for is a fan-less case. All of the cases have fans. However, Buslink units don't have or...
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- Post #7
- Apr 16, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HP 5550 printer $119.95-$30.00MIR =$89.95

There is a thread on refill inks HERE As for refill ink, the HP carts for 56,57,58 are refillable with the Stratitec Inkjet Refill Kit available at Sam's Club. The price for the kit was reduced further to under $17 so it is a great buy. The Stratitec website mentioned in the thread above also...
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- Post #7
- Apr 13, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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U.S. Robotics 22 Mbps Wireless Access PC Card $32.95 AR - Free Shipping

DSLReports points to the following webpage for comparing features/performance between various 802.11 wireless cards: Seattlewireless.net 802.11 Hardware Comparison The overall website at www.seattlewireless.net above also has a lot of specific info about specific cards as well. For example...
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- Post #8
- Apr 11, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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