BB, WD 75G + 256M for $50. What is this drive!!!

[flyer351]

Let's talk about that Western Digital at Best Buy for $50 with 256M of generic memory.

I've searched the internet for specs on this drive and found nothing. WD's site has nothing either. It's not listed in their legacy section so I assume it's still a new product. Given the fact that the part number ends in BB it must be the 7200 rpm edition with 2MB cache. So the big questions are:

1) Is it a standard 80G renamed to show the amount of available storage available under Windows? (maybe the future of drive naming?)

2) Does this thing have the 60G platters or the older lower density platters? This is where it gets fuzzy.

I'm willing to stand in line at 0400 tomorrow for a decent drive, but if this thing is just a WD reject then I'll steer away.

What do you think?

 

[Frosty3799]

I think it is worth standing in line for anyway, whether it is a reject or not.

I am guessing it is (somehow) just a 75 gig hard drive.

 

[dew042]

i stocked them last night.

they are 75gb drives indeed. 8.9ms access in full wd retail package.

my store had 40 of them and 40 of the cdrw. i imagine that will vary by store.

i can probably tell you more after i install about 30 of them tommorrow

dew.

 

[Johnbear007]

I thinl this is an amazing deal and I will be buying it tomorrow.... but I would love some more discussion on it

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: dew042
i stocked them last night.

they are 75gb drives indeed. 8.9ms access in full wd retail package.

my store had 40 of them and 40 of the cdrw. i imagine that will vary by store.

i can probably tell you more after i install about 30 of them tommorrow

dew.

When a UPS guy comes to your house tomorrow at around 3 o'clock, and makes you fall unconscious, don't be surprised if your 30 drives are gone....

/me twiddles fingers and whistles....

 

[flyer351]

Dew042,
When do you recommend I show up at the store. The add said 25 min, but you stocked 40 last night? Think 0530 would be too late?

 

[frankqfrank]

I think he meant he would be installing then in customer' computers at BB where he works.

Maybe not. I will hopefully snag one of thewse tommorow morning. Anybody know where to find more info on this drive in particular.

1 Year Warranty?

 

[dew042]

i start at 5am

the line will be started at 4am i am sure.

our policy at my store is tickets for the waiting customers before the store opens.

and yes - it will be unreal crazy.

and yes it is bb i am talking about.

dew.

 

[Anthcla]

last year they had alot of better deals, but this hd deal is amazing. I got in line at like 5am, and was about 75-100 people back. They came around in line order, and gave people a ticket to get the specials, if you had a ticket, they held one for you for like 30 mins. The lines...omfg, i waited longer in line in the store than i did outside...atleast it was warm inside though. I'd suggest getting there around 4:30 or so and just waiting in your car until theres alittle line. Or go with someone, take turns going to the car to warm up.

 

[MikroMak]

Is there a per customer limit or any rebates involved in this one? I'm thinking about 150GB Raid 0 action...

 

[Frosty3799]

Originally posted by: MikroMak
Is there a per customer limit or any rebates involved in this one? I'm thinking about 150GB Raid 0 action...

get a friend to go with, and each of you get a ticket

 

[pillage2001]

I'm going to set up a tent in BB now.

 

[vladgur]

geez people, I mean I am willing to get up at 6 tommorow, but setting up a tent to save $50..... I dont think so...

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: DanFungus

Originally posted by: dew042
i stocked them last night.

they are 75gb drives indeed. 8.9ms access in full wd retail package.

my store had 40 of them and 40 of the cdrw. i imagine that will vary by store.

i can probably tell you more after i install about 30 of them tommorrow

dew.

When a UPS guy comes to your house tomorrow at around 3 o'clock, and makes you fall unconscious, don't be surprised if your 30 drives are gone....

/me twiddles fingers and whistles....

Actually, UPS will not be making most deliveries on Friday. Overnight & Next-Day deliveries will be made. However, Ground deliveries will not be made. Here I am - a good, long weekend and my Sony '4ES' receiver is stuck at one of the UPS' warehouses about 35 miles from my house. Something tells me it's going to be a long, long weekend.

 

[shr]

maybe they just mean actual Gigabytes as opsed to 75,000,000,000 bytes

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: flyer351
Dew042,
When do you recommend I show up at the store. The add said 25 min, but you stocked 40 last night? Think 0530 would be too late?

0530 and you'll get NOTHING!

 

[nydoofus]

Link to Maxtor 80 GB HD for $49.99 AR

Combine this with the Kingston RAM on the back of the BB flyer, and you've got a pretty good deal as well, without all the crazy waiting.

 

[Salvador]

Yeah.. For those of you going tomorrow and waiting in line, make sure you know what you want, grab it and get the h*ll out of the store as quickly as possible. 10 minutes can mean the difference between a 10-20 minute checkout line vs. an hour or more.

Sal

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: Salvador
Yeah.. For those of you going tomorrow and waiting in line, make sure you know what you want, grab it and get the h*ll out of the store as quickly as possible. 10 minutes can mean the difference between a 10-20 minute checkout line vs. an hour or more.

Sal

Sound advice.

 

[Zepper]

It's possible that WD had a batch of platters that had iisolated flaws, so rather than discard, WD decided to package them with the bad spots locked out as price leaders for big-box stores. Just a thought...
.bh.

 

[WyteWatt]

Yep the checkout lines can get really long quick.

 

[Geotext]

Originally posted by: Frosty3799

Originally posted by: MikroMak
Is there a per customer limit or any rebates involved in this one? I'm thinking about 150GB Raid 0 action...

get a friend to go with, and each of you get a ticket

What if he/she wants two as well? Get four friends...?

 

[stso]

Originally posted by: Geotext

Originally posted by: Frosty3799

Originally posted by: MikroMak
Is there a per customer limit or any rebates involved in this one? I'm thinking about 150GB Raid 0 action...

get a friend to go with, and each of you get a ticket

What if he/she wants two as well? Get four friends...?

What if they all want two as well? Get eight friends...?

 

[0roo0roo]

hmm, just wondering how this stacks up against frys drive offer hmm

 

[T2T III]

I don't know about all of you, but for me, it's 25 degrees here - so, I'm not waiting in line to save a few $$ on a hard drive. Best of luck to those who do go, though.