MyBookWorld ext. NAS

[boethos]

I just came from BestBuy. They have a 1tb MyBookWorld (world edition) NAS with ONE drive, and internal NIC for $329.99

BUT

They also have a MyBookWorld NAS with TWO DRIVES, set up as raid, for $299.99.

I haven't been able to find them that cheap on the internet anywhere.

 

[JBT]

so two 1TB drives or? two 500GB drives?

 

[boethos]

I think it's two 500's.

http://westerndigital.com/en/p...riveid=279&language=en

The ''overview" on that page looks generic: 'up to 2 tb.." so it's covering all models.
They have 1, 1.5, 2 tb models.

Still a good deal.

 

[screwd01]

http://www.costco.com/Browse/P...tial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

getting cheaper each time i go to costco

 

[Gramps]

The best price I've seen on the 500GB MyBook Essential Edition (usb 2.0) drives is $100. Thus, for 1TB, I'm not looking to pay much more than $200. Add a premium for the fact that it's NAS (gigabit at that) and not USB2 (I'd also add a small premium for an eSATA drive). Otherwise, it's cheaper to get 2 500GB drives, so only pay the premium if you have to have all the space in one drive. It's a good deal, but I think they're asking to much of a premium for these drives. At somewhere around $250, I'd jump without looking twice. BTW, if anyone cares, there are some web sites out there that say the NAS performance isn't very good.

 

[bearxor]

The 1TB MyBook NAS is clearance at BB. Most likely the RAID setup is as well. The lowest price seen on the 1TB NAS is 88.99. I'm trying to get a receipt scan from the couple of people that picked it up from that price, as a local BB here will price match any BB in the country. Will update if I get it.

 

[EKKC]

i heard nothing but bad things about the WD mybook NAS (i had a friend who bought it from costco, said it was total crap for network transfer speed, and returned it)