5/20: Many people are expericing OOS online. This may be temporary so don't lose hope you have until 5/25 to get on this deal. But for a sure thing B&M looks like your best bet. Unconfirmed that Staples will get a new shipment of HDs on Wednesday (for online purchases), so check the site. Also don't forget to clear you cookies apparently some people are seeing it in stock if they clear the cookies.
EDIT: Staples Thread
Ok this week in the Staples ad it has the retail boxed Maxtor 80GB 5400RPM drive, for 119.99-40MIR
Search for staples coupons online
Use $20 off 100
EDIT: (DO NOT EMAIL ME jeez you guys, try 'staples coupons' on google)
Pay $100 -40MIR and it is $60+tax (free shipping) (or in store if you got that coupon handy)
EDIT: It is a 5400RPM hard drive BUT it is going to be faster than a lot of 7200RPM hard drives. Why do you ask? Well since it is a 80GB then is has more platters and the heads to move across 8 data surfaces (4 platters) than a 7200RPM drive with just 2 data surfaces (1 platter). So the data is being sent much faster than a 7200 hard drive as I described. I got mine in store and it is a DiamopndMax 80. Which is fairly old school (were talking a year or so old). At its time it was top class as far as storage capacity in her day. It is ATA100 not the newer ATA133 drives. Storage Review of DiamondMax 80
EDIT2:
EDIT3: Could someone asnwer this question on the drive I have (DiamondMax 80) is says "IBM Warranty void if removed IBM P/N 24P3660" I didn't realize that Maxtor/IBM ever had realtions. I know newer Maxtor drives don't say that. So why were IBM/Maxtor competing so much against each other when this drive came out if they were one in the same.
EDIT: Staples Thread
Ok this week in the Staples ad it has the retail boxed Maxtor 80GB 5400RPM drive, for 119.99-40MIR
Search for staples coupons online
Use $20 off 100
EDIT: (DO NOT EMAIL ME jeez you guys, try 'staples coupons' on google)
Pay $100 -40MIR and it is $60+tax (free shipping) (or in store if you got that coupon handy)
EDIT: It is a 5400RPM hard drive BUT it is going to be faster than a lot of 7200RPM hard drives. Why do you ask? Well since it is a 80GB then is has more platters and the heads to move across 8 data surfaces (4 platters) than a 7200RPM drive with just 2 data surfaces (1 platter). So the data is being sent much faster than a 7200 hard drive as I described. I got mine in store and it is a DiamopndMax 80. Which is fairly old school (were talking a year or so old). At its time it was top class as far as storage capacity in her day. It is ATA100 not the newer ATA133 drives. Storage Review of DiamondMax 80
EDIT2:
Apparently your model may vary.BTW it was a D540X series, and not a diamond max 80 as suggested by the link on the first post! It has 2 platters and 4 heads
EDIT3: Could someone asnwer this question on the drive I have (DiamondMax 80) is says "IBM Warranty void if removed IBM P/N 24P3660" I didn't realize that Maxtor/IBM ever had realtions. I know newer Maxtor drives don't say that. So why were IBM/Maxtor competing so much against each other when this drive came out if they were one in the same.