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These 15GB lct 15 drive sell for anywhere between $78 and $82 at Buycom. I bought a couple last night for $79, which equaled $158. Use one of Buycoms $30 off $150 and your price is around $128. Shipping cost me $7, so total price was $135. These have a $15 rebate per drive, up to five total, so final cost is $105 for two 15GB drives.
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Now the negatives about this drive. It is only 4,400 rpm. Now before everyone gets all upset, remember that these newer drives have a very high density per platter. This increases performance just as much as increasing rpm speed. So if you have family members using older 4 to 10 GB drives, these drives will make a fast and quiet replacement drive, while greatly increasing hard drive space. The other negative is that I think these drives only have a one year warranty, instead of the standard three years. I'm not 100% sure about the warranty of these particular drives.
Look at it this way. You swap this 15GB drive into your sisters computer for let's say, $40. You take her old drive in exchange. Let's say it is a perfectly functional 6.4GB drive a couple of years old. Since your final cost for the 15GB drive was about $53, you only need to sell the 6.4 GB for $13 to not lose any money. I think you could sell the drive for $30 bucks easy, so you can actually make a profit in this deal and your sistem gets a brand new 15GB drive for cheap. This is how I justified buying two 15GB drives that aren't cutting edge technology. I would be willing to bet that even at 4,400 rpm, these drives are faster than most 5,400 rpm drives from a couple of years ago.
Mike
These 15GB lct 15 drive sell for anywhere between $78 and $82 at Buycom. I bought a couple last night for $79, which equaled $158. Use one of Buycoms $30 off $150 and your price is around $128. Shipping cost me $7, so total price was $135. These have a $15 rebate per drive, up to five total, so final cost is $105 for two 15GB drives.
Quantum Rebate Link
Now the negatives about this drive. It is only 4,400 rpm. Now before everyone gets all upset, remember that these newer drives have a very high density per platter. This increases performance just as much as increasing rpm speed. So if you have family members using older 4 to 10 GB drives, these drives will make a fast and quiet replacement drive, while greatly increasing hard drive space. The other negative is that I think these drives only have a one year warranty, instead of the standard three years. I'm not 100% sure about the warranty of these particular drives.
Look at it this way. You swap this 15GB drive into your sisters computer for let's say, $40. You take her old drive in exchange. Let's say it is a perfectly functional 6.4GB drive a couple of years old. Since your final cost for the 15GB drive was about $53, you only need to sell the 6.4 GB for $13 to not lose any money. I think you could sell the drive for $30 bucks easy, so you can actually make a profit in this deal and your sistem gets a brand new 15GB drive for cheap. This is how I justified buying two 15GB drives that aren't cutting edge technology. I would be willing to bet that even at 4,400 rpm, these drives are faster than most 5,400 rpm drives from a couple of years ago.
Mike