CompUSA Christmas in July sale

[pcclub2000]

3 days only July 17,18 and 19!
Link

 

[zodder]

Seems like a nice price on that IBM 120GB drive.

 

[tydas]

I thought i read ibm is getting out of the consumer storage business?

 

[huesmann]

Prolly a good idea considering how often their drives fail....

 

[hopeless879]

Originally posted by: tydas
I thought i read ibm is getting out of the consumer storage business?

They are, they sold their entire hard drive division to Hitachi, lots of places still have the drives though.

 

[zodder]

Originally posted by: huesmann
Prolly a good idea considering how often their drives fail....

My Deskstar is being RMA'd as I write this.

 

[IBuyUFO]

I remember the last time CompUSA had a Christmas or New Year's sale and it left me really mad! There was nothing good to buy! Anyway, I wouldn't buy the IBM drives either. It may be a fast drive but does it also have to break fast as well? :|

 

[Pardus]

if you keep your IBM drive properly cooled, with either a bay cooler or a internal hd cooler, you will have no problems, i'm so sick of people bashing IBM, i have 7 of there drives and all working perfectly.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
if you keep your IBM drive properly cooled, with either a bay cooler or a internal hd cooler, you will have no problems, i'm so sick of people bashing IBM, i have 7 of there drives and all working perfectly.

Wow, IBM actually made 7 drives that haven't crapped out yet and ActiveX got all of them.

 

[Dragnov]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
if you keep your IBM drive properly cooled, with either a bay cooler or a internal hd cooler, you will have no problems, i'm so sick of people bashing IBM, i have 7 of there drives and all working perfectly.

Er, they fact that you have to worry about keeping them properly cooled with a bay cooler or an internal hdd cooler is enough. You can buy any other drive and never worry about it. Sure, not all of them will break down, but is it worth the chance?

 

[CocoGdog]

I have been using an IBM 30 gig and 40 gig hard drive on my computer now for two years without any problems. They seem to be going fine without any problems. I seem to have issues with some Western Digital and Maxtor Drives.

 

[Synergy3618]

Statistically speaking, IBM Deskstar drives do have a much higher failure rate than normal, and IBM knew the facts. All major HD brands have a 3-year warranty for a reason, and when the potential warranty liabilities clearly exceeded their original estimates, no wonder IBM chose to bail out. If you have other choices, why play with the odds?

 

[uo7]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
if you keep your IBM drive properly cooled, with either a bay cooler or a internal hd cooler, you will have no problems, i'm so sick of people bashing IBM, i have 7 of there drives and all working perfectly.

So how do you suppose i should cool my 3 ibm's that were dead right out of the box?

 

[kumanchu]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
if you keep your IBM drive properly cooled, with either a bay cooler or a internal hd cooler, you will have no problems, i'm so sick of people bashing IBM, i have 7 of there drives and all working perfectly.

i got 2 that are being rma'd as i type this.

i have 2 wd 4 quantum and 2 seagate drives still working like champs; and they are as old as or older than the ibm's

:Q

 

[AnyMal]

Folks,

Don't you think you're weering off topic somewhat? This is suppose to be a Hot Deals thread. Just trying to keep it on the subject.
If any of you are on the market for a PDA check out Audiovox Maestro. Pricematch it at Staples and apply $30.00 coupon, should come out at ~$250.00 plus tax shipped free.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: zodder

Originally posted by: huesmann
Prolly a good idea considering how often their drives fail....

My Deskstar is being RMA'd as I write this.

Mine failed yesterday. CLICK-scratch-scratch-scratch. (repeat). Much fun.

I did the "erase disk" thing, and it failed a couple of times when doing that, and finally completed ok, and I ran it again, just to make sure, but then when I tried to re-ghost my stuff back onto it, it made the same noise that it made just before the "erase disk" program errored out with the red RMA info screen, so I decided "screw it", I'm just going to RMA it. Not like I don't have a pile of valid RMA codes from DFT to use.

My personal opinion, now that my own 30GB GXP75 (which I thought could beat the odds) has failed, in less than two years of service?

IBM IDE DRIVES ARE JUNK. IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR DATA, DON'T PUT IN ON AN IBM.

(If that's a thread-crap, so be it. I haven't had any other major brand of HD fail on me like this. Especially with how I treat my drives with TLC. Oh yeah, I helped a friend re-install his system after his 40GB 60GXP failed on him too, after less than a year in service.)

"I see bad sectors... everywhere!"

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Synergy3618
Statistically speaking, IBM Deskstar drives do have a much higher failure rate than normal, and IBM knew the facts. All major HD brands have a 3-year warranty for a reason, and when the potential warranty liabilities clearly exceeded their original estimates, no wonder IBM chose to bail out. If you have other choices, why play with the odds?

Yes. Having to recall all 75GXP (and possibly 60GXP and 120GXP) drives sold on the market, would be rather cost-prohibitive for IBM. Much cheaper for them to get out of the biz entirely, and hope that no-one's the wiser.
(I wonder if a judge could still slap them for damages, or award all owners of recent GXP drives a refund equal to their original purchase price. That would be an interesting, and positive, IMHO, outcome.)

 

[Furor]

hm..never-heard-of-brand 3.1 megapixel camera for $169..

edit: in specs is says 2.1, so on the concord website it says 3.1 before you click on more details, and in more details it says 2.1..

EyeQ 3100AF:

? 3.1 Mega Pixels, 2048 x 1536 Resolution*
? 1.8" TFT Color LCD


In details:

Sensor 2.1 Mega Pixels Sony® SuperHAD? CCD sensor
LCD Monitor 1.8" TFT (Image preview and mode selection)

 

[WolverinesSuck]

Holy Crap - an XBOX for $199?!?!?!

This MUST be Christmas in July!!!!

 

[ChrisOjeda]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
if you keep your IBM drive properly cooled, with either a bay cooler or a internal hd cooler, you will have no problems, i'm so sick of people bashing IBM, i have 7 of there drives and all working perfectly.

That is bull_hit...Shows how uninformed you are....I always bought IBM drives and then they made the 75GXP models which every tech site that is reputable has done stories on the endless disk crashes....I had to send back 3! Hello, wake up dumbass...this isn't bashing...it is trying to show you that IBM hard drives are not hot deals right now...A friend bought the same drive and the same thing happened to him...Average life was 3 months....My case has 8 fans (most 120 mm) and it was the only drive in the system and it had two 120MM fans blowing on it....I am in a class act lawsuit against IBM as are thousands of people for what is clearly a defective model (all GXP of every size)....Even the tech support told me they were sorry and yes they got shi_ loads of these drives back....On top of that I am an IT manager and several of my network contacts that work in operations has the majority of their servers with these drives experience hard drive failures galore....Don't stand in the way of peeps trying to save other peeps the pain and misery...I'll never buy another IBM drive again so help me!..

 

[iliopsoas]

my IBM 36 U2W SCSI died after 1 year. Piece of sh*t. Lost all of my data.

 

[Bagger]

Originally posted by: iliopsoas
my IBM 36 U2W SCSI died after 1 year. Piece of sh*t. Lost all of my data.

Have you ever considered backing up your data? I know, that's a silly question.

 

[CtlAltl33t]

Running an IBM deskstar 40gig, no additional cooling. Had it for roughly 2 years, been rock solid, never failed or given me problems. Good luck. I also have an old IBM 10 gig thats around 3-4 years old that still runs great.