i had a GREAT experience at staples on bf.
got there about 5:30-5:40 and there was already a decent line... but not even half way around the store so i figured things would be good. they came out and gave everyone little maps of the store marked with where most of the big demand items were.
they had all the hardware stuff behind the counter at the copy center... which meant you had to wait in line forever to get up there to say what you wanted. took forever and was probably that was the worst part. the waiting. finally got through the line and they were out of the dvd burner... which was the main thing i came for... but... on the way up i snagged the 128mb pny SD card for 12.94 (for my palm) and at the counter managed to get a hdd, and the 256mb usb drive. then they said an employee at a computer could order the dvd burner for me... so i get in line for that since i was staying at my grandma's house with no internet. waited forever since the site was so choked.
grabbed a pack of the dvd-r and a pack of the dvd+r and the slimline cases. finally get through that line and they're completely oos. no dvd burner for me. was pretty disappoitned then.
BUT... i later stop by circuit city simply cuz we don't have them here in iowa (i was in IL for the holidays) and low and behold... they had a HUGE stack of the I/O magic drives on a shelf. they were $20 more... but... i needed a new drive so i was willing to shell it out.
got my drive home and installed... the label on the drive itself actually said BenQ DW1620. messed around with some flashing and it now even shows up as a benq drive in windows. awesome drive too. nice and quiet too.
if you wanna try and figure out what drive you have check this... http://www.dvdinfopro.com/ great program for dvd drives. and if you need any info on flashing, etc. check out http://www.cdfreaks.com
got there about 5:30-5:40 and there was already a decent line... but not even half way around the store so i figured things would be good. they came out and gave everyone little maps of the store marked with where most of the big demand items were.
they had all the hardware stuff behind the counter at the copy center... which meant you had to wait in line forever to get up there to say what you wanted. took forever and was probably that was the worst part. the waiting. finally got through the line and they were out of the dvd burner... which was the main thing i came for... but... on the way up i snagged the 128mb pny SD card for 12.94 (for my palm) and at the counter managed to get a hdd, and the 256mb usb drive. then they said an employee at a computer could order the dvd burner for me... so i get in line for that since i was staying at my grandma's house with no internet. waited forever since the site was so choked.
grabbed a pack of the dvd-r and a pack of the dvd+r and the slimline cases. finally get through that line and they're completely oos. no dvd burner for me. was pretty disappoitned then.
BUT... i later stop by circuit city simply cuz we don't have them here in iowa (i was in IL for the holidays) and low and behold... they had a HUGE stack of the I/O magic drives on a shelf. they were $20 more... but... i needed a new drive so i was willing to shell it out.
got my drive home and installed... the label on the drive itself actually said BenQ DW1620. messed around with some flashing and it now even shows up as a benq drive in windows. awesome drive too. nice and quiet too.
if you wanna try and figure out what drive you have check this... http://www.dvdinfopro.com/ great program for dvd drives. and if you need any info on flashing, etc. check out http://www.cdfreaks.com