IBM 60 gig 5400 rpm Laptop Hard Drive $182.96 Shipped

[ipaqman]

Here is my first post found this on Dell Home & Home Office
Link... http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...listing.asp&icompatid=&instock=0&refurbished=

IBM 60 gig Travelstar 5400 rpm for $182.96 shipped...Here is how it works...
Price 231.07
-10% -23.11
-$25 -25.00 , coupon found at your favorite coupon site
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$182.96 + Free Ground Shipping

I've ordered two if these drives and they are brand new in a sealed IBM package......

 

[dew042]

nice deal.... nice start. no tax either....

dew.

 

[Coraanu]

Beware the deathstar...

 

[dew042]

Originally posted by: Coraanu
Beware the deathstar...

different line, different technology.... i haven't heard negative things about ibm notebook drives? care to show me otherwise. let us all be informed.

coraanu~ you live in new brighton?... funny. i live in new brighton as well... small world...

dew.

 

[upwardspiral]

can this go in any laptop? i have sony PCG-FXA36???

thanks ahead of time. this would be an amazing upgrade from my 20gb im stuck with now.

 

[stingbandel]

is it a refurb one cause the link mention the refurb. just wondering since it's a pretty damn good price. Googlegear has it for $300 something.

 

[stingbandel]

one more thing, which one is better, Toshiba 60 gig or the IBM 60 gig?

thanks

 

[stingbandel]

Originally posted by: stingbandel
is it a refurb one cause the link mention the refurb. just wondering since it's a pretty damn good price. Googlegear has it for $300 something.

sorry, didn't read your last post... it's a brand new so it's a pretty damn good deal. now all I need to know is if this one is better than the toshiba one or not. toshiba one is made in japan while this one is not



thanks

 

[IgoByte]

$315 @ newegg and no stock

Bought one... Thanks for the heads up...

 

[kassaam]

Be warned that this is a 12.5 mm drive so it may not fit in all notebooks. I have a Dell Inspiron 4100 and I don't think it will work in my laptop.

 

[scornful]

nice.......




Linked

 

[stingbandel]

Now, I am really temped to get it but does anybody know if this one will work with Compaq Presario 1500T?





Thanks

 

[bit]

linkie

great deal.

 

[Dogsbody]

Great deal. Almost bought one last week for $300+. Thanks!

 

[dew042]

upon further note: its only the 2mb cache version. still a good deal though.

dew.

 

[IgoByte]

Originally posted by: dew042
upon further note: its only the 2mb cache version. still a good deal though.

dew.

Hmmm...I wasn't even aware they made these with more than 2MB cache. Is there a 60GB model that has 4 or 8?

EDIT: I believe that even the 60GH Enhanced Availability has 2MB cache.

 

[IgoByte]

BTW, folks, if performance is what you want, get the 40GB 40GNX HDD. Ain't nothing better in the mobile world...

 

[TEEZLE]

BTW, folks, if performance is what you want, get the 40GB 40GNX HDD. Ain't nothing better in the mobile world

Supposedly in the next couple of months the 7200rpm are coming out, I'm going to hold off until then when the 5400s go out of style.

 

[Dogsbody]

I can no longer find this drive listed on the dell web page. Still, it was a great deal if it's a new dirve. I imagine that the new 7200 rpm drives will be a little pricey when they first come out. Dell says my order shipped, so I guess I'll get to see for myself how much I like this drive in a few days.

 

[govtcheez75]

Originally posted by: IgoByte
BTW, folks, if performance is what you want, get the 40GB 40GNX HDD. Ain't nothing better in the mobile world...

Do you know if the 20GB 40GNX HDD is the same performance-wise? I looked on IBM website, and they share the data/spec sheet, so I'm guessing that the only difference is the capacity? I need to upgrade from my 12GB hdd, and don't need that much more than just 20GB, and the price is ALOT lower than 40GB's.

**oh...and IBM.com states 8MB buffer? Am I reading this wrong?

 

[IgoByte]

Originally posted by: govtcheez75

Originally posted by: IgoByte
BTW, folks, if performance is what you want, get the 40GB 40GNX HDD. Ain't nothing better in the mobile world...

Do you know if the 20GB 40GNX HDD is the same performance-wise? I looked on IBM website, and they share the data/spec sheet, so I'm guessing that the only difference is the capacity? I need to upgrade from my 12GB hdd, and don't need that much more than just 20GB, and the price is ALOT lower than 40GB's.

**oh...and IBM.com states 8MB buffer? Am I reading this wrong?

The 20GB should be on par with the 40GB...

 

[IgoByte]

Originally posted by: TEEZLE
BTW, folks, if performance is what you want, get the 40GB 40GNX HDD. Ain't nothing better in the mobile world

Supposedly in the next couple of months the 7200rpm are coming out, I'm going to hold off until then when the 5400s go out of style.

Where are you getting the info from? 5400 -> 7200 is a huge jump and quite frankly seems a little unreasonable. Most laptops use 4200RPM drives and still run very hot.

 

[Yo2]

If performance is more important than capacity - compugeeks is offering a 5400RPM IBM 32GB IBM Travelstar for $99

Link

Yo

 

[mra]

I seriously doubt that 7200RPM laptop hard drives are coming out. That would just use way too much power, not to mention all the heat that would make.

 

[TEEZLE]

Actually it was IBM that was developing the drives. I just went to the IBM site and they are abandoning hard drives?!?! WTF?!?!