BB: Hitachi 250GB PATA HD 3yr Warranty for $82 AR

[oslama]

BB has this drive advertised after 10% off and with rebates

there is also a online $10 off any $100 purchase link at TB 🙂

161.99 - 40AR - 40AR = $81.99

or

161.99 - $10 (online) - 40AR - 40AR = $71.99

Free Shipping but @ $11 in TAX 🙁

 

[kyparrish]

Look down a little.

 

[DrCrumbles]

LOL 😉

 

[Ghettocowboy]

WoW, with 3 yrs warranty, that means you have to send the drive back to them for at least 3 times because the IBM/Hitachi drives dont even last me the whole year

 

[kamranziadar]

not bad, price is good.

 

[BubbleSparkxx]

"deathstars" make me nervous.

never had a maxtor / WD fail on me yet - no need to go with this one....my data is worth more than 80 bucks.

 

[Quadriflax]

Originally posted by: Ghettocowboy
WoW, with 3 yrs warranty, that means you have to send the drive back to them for at least 3 times because the IBM/Hitachi drives dont even last me the whole year

Originally posted by: BubbleSparkxx
"deathstars" make me nervous.

never had a maxtor / WD fail on me yet - no need to go with this one....my data is worth more than 80 bucks.

Honestly, I'm getting tired of seeing this. Hitachi/IBM had a line of bad drives years ago, this is true. But as far as I can tell they're some of the fastest, most reliable drives out there. And no one is immune from having problems. I've had a Maxtor die on me in less than a year, and I have a friend whose had a couple of them die on him. Yet another friend of mine always hated Western Digital because he's had numerous bad experiences with them. I'm sure you'll find the same for everyone. Most people won't have problems regardless of the drive brand.

 

[discopalace]

Word up, Quadriflax! I've had Maxtors and WD's die on me. No problems with IBM/Hitachi's yet. Not to say there won't be problems. There is no data out there that suggests any of the major vendors is better than any other in this respect. Sure, some particular models can be bad (like the DeathStars from a few years ago).

HD's crash every once in a while. No reason. Just happens. If it's really important - back it up and/or RAID it. And really - a drive that's 3 yrs old isn't worth it to me - the technology is already obsolete - time to get a new one hehehe 🙂

 

[oslama]

I aint putting this drive in my critical systems (pr😉n warez). I prefer WD and Maxtors ( a bit loud). But lately Seagate's and Hitachi's have been priced competitively and offer longer warranties.

 

[Sindrome]

Out of approximately 20 HDD's that I've owned in my life -- both new & used -- an IBM Deskstar was the *only* one to crap out on me, within 2 years after being purchased new. Yes, maybe it was bad luck, or maybe just poor quality control when compared to other hard drive manufacturers. I was excited about this deal until I learned that Big Blue makes these drives.

Sin

 

[xDanielx]

Big Blue? They no longer make drives, it is now hitachi's line and if you notice the drives look totaly different now. Such ignorance.

I oversee thousands of machines and no manufacture is immune from HD failure.

 

[BubbleSparkxx]

when you gotta spend time justifying buying something (it was only 1 line of HDs that crapped out), why even bother when comparable units are available that never had issues of the same proportion?

this is no different than buying Verbatim DVDrs over Maxell or viceversa. if a sensible consumer had a bad experience with a batch or even heard of whole batch going completely awry, no amount arguing will convince them to buy TDK when Fuji is also available at teh same price.

Hitachi got a product with a bad rep. Kinda like the Ford Explorer.

 

[Sindrome]

Originally posted by: BubbleSparkxx
when you gotta spend time justifying buying something (it was only 1 line of HDs that crapped out), why even bother when comparable units are available that never had issues of the same proportion?

this is no different than buying Verbatim DVDrs over Maxell or viceversa. if a sensible consumer had a bad experience with a batch or even heard of whole batch going completely awry, no amount arguing will convince them to buy TDK when Fuji is also available at teh same price.

Hitachi got a product with a bad rep. Kinda like the Ford Explorer.

Exactly. IBM Deskstars had the highest failure rate of *any* hard drive manufactuer that mass produced at the time. Maybe I'm confused, but weren't these drives referred to as "Deskstars" and IBM/Hitachi units? No thank you. I'll stick with Maxtor (though I think the 40-pin IDE interface on their current drives are of pooer construction than most of the other brands since I tend break off pins in Maxtors while pulling or plugging a ribbon cable), Western Digital, and Seagate, thanks.

Sin

 

[maddogchen]

is this deal dead or still going on?

 

[oslama]

its good till april 2nd

 

[BubbleSparkxx]

Originally posted by: Sindrome

Exactly. IBM Deskstars had the highest failure rate of *any* hard drive manufactuer that mass produced at the time. Maybe I'm confused, but weren't these drives referred to as "Deskstars" and IBM/Hitachi units? No thank you. I'll stick with Maxtor (though I think the 40-pin IDE interface on their current drives are of pooer construction than most of the other brands since I tend break off pins in Maxtors while pulling or plugging a ribbon cable), Western Digital, and Seagate, thanks.

Sin

IBM sold their entire hard disk drive division to Hitachi, suspciously after the bomb dropped with Deskstars faililng in record numbers. Now I'm not saying that the only reason why IBM sold their HD was b/c of this issue, but there is no doubt that the Deskstar name is damaged.

 

[THEJUICE]

backordered - store pickup ok, but no 10%