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AndrewRFD
Nov 1st, 2009, 11:02 AM
Newegg.ca has a interesting deal today if you've been waiting for a 2.5" external hard drive deal. The Shell Shocker deal of the day is the Western Digital My Passport Elite 320GB USB 2.0 Westminster Blue External Hard Drive WDMLB3200TN - Retail for $72.99 (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-749547-10602595?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.ca%2FProduct% 2FProduct.aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16822136243&sid=forums) with free shipping. It's good for today only and while supplies last.

What sets the "Elite" version of the My Passport drives apart? A bit of research turns up that Elite drives have soft-touch finish and an external capacity gauge. It looks like it's also backed by a 5-year warranty instead of the 3-year warranty on other My Passport drives.

The going rate for a 2.5" 320GB external hard drive is usually $80 or more, and I'd say they're dealworthy at near the $70 mark. Getting a Western Digital 320GB drive with the extra "Elite" perks and free shipping makes this a nice pickup in my book.
chinesedevil
Nov 1st, 2009, 11:29 AM
The drives aren't soldered onto the PCB right?
Nokialuna
Nov 1st, 2009, 12:07 PM
not sure if they are soldered or not but i know wd puts different quality drives in different versions of their external hd.

I would imagine that elite would mean that they have a better hd inside (on top of the outside gimmicks). Kind of like having a wd green vs a wd black.
hagbard
Nov 1st, 2009, 12:25 PM
The drives aren't soldered onto the PCB right?

This is the important question.
marcelomanzo
Nov 1st, 2009, 01:05 PM
It's not soldered:
http://jasontomczak.com/2008/05/26/western-digital-my-passport-elite-320gb-great-for-macbook-pro/
deep
Nov 1st, 2009, 01:10 PM
Hm....looks like there is nowhere to PM this sucker. Staples only carries it special order, and BB, FS, etc. don't seem to carry it anymore.
marcelomanzo
Nov 1st, 2009, 01:12 PM
Isn't better this one?
http://www.sigelectronics.com/PC-Mac-Hardware/Western-Digital/Western-Digital-400GB-My-Passport-Elite-Portable-HD;jsessionid=0a01054f1f4354b32560b14e40bd98da9094 1f87f5f6.e3eTaxiNaN0Te34Pa38Ta38Pbhf0
marcelomanzo
Nov 1st, 2009, 01:15 PM
Anybody knows if you can re-format this one and use in windows as FAT32?

http://www.sigelectronics.com/PC-Mac-Hardware/Western-Digital/Western-Digital-My-Passport-For-Mac-320GB
stormsong
Nov 1st, 2009, 02:06 PM
is this an awesome deal? I need an ext hd my lacie one kinda died on me yesterday while i'm backing up... so far I can only find 250 gig for 69.99 at ncix, or get the 500gb essential at bb for 119

or there is the mybook 1tb essential for 119 at bb as well, but I'm leaning more towards portable size
Couper
Nov 1st, 2009, 02:57 PM
If you need a portable drive that doesn't require an AC adapter to power, these are perfect.
snplow
Nov 1st, 2009, 03:37 PM
I remember buying this at Costco last year for $150. I returned it though (unopened) and bought the WD 250GB Essential for $50 cheaper just cause I didn't need the extra 70GB.

So yeah, good deal!
hagbard
Nov 1st, 2009, 03:38 PM
Anybody knows if you can re-format this one and use in windows as FAT32?

http://www.sigelectronics.com/PC-Mac-Hardware/Western-Digital/Western-Digital-My-Passport-For-Mac-320GB

Not worth $20 more, imo. If you're going to pick it up at the store, then maybe.
bt101
Nov 1st, 2009, 04:37 PM
Thanks for posting the deal.

Does anybody know if this drive is detected as a "real" drive?

I got burned in the past when I ordered a usb drive (different brand) and it had some weird firmware that made it appear as a CD drive that contained backup/synch software and software to mount the drive as an encrypted volume. Long story short, it was completely useless and I had to give it away.

The description of this drive makes mention backup/synchronization software and every time I see that I break out in a sweat.
MistaChin
Nov 1st, 2009, 05:49 PM
iomega has an external harddrive at tigerdirect.ca and newegg.ca on sale for $69.99 + free ship. It's 320gb.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822186188
maxxpower
Nov 2nd, 2009, 10:05 AM
Thanks for posting the deal.

Does anybody know if this drive is detected as a "real" drive?

I got burned in the past when I ordered a usb drive (different brand) and it had some weird firmware that made it appear as a CD drive that contained backup/synch software and software to mount the drive as an encrypted volume. Long story short, it was completely useless and I had to give it away.

The description of this drive makes mention backup/synchronization software and every time I see that I break out in a sweat.

My other passport drives show up as legit HD's.