Western Digital 200GB HDD = $69.99 @ Outpost.com

[usernamemax20charact]

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Rebate expires 3/22/05

 

[weepul]

nice price!

there are 2 seperate $30 rebates. one requires original upc, other only requires copy. even though outpost says limit 2 per household, rebate restricts one rebate per customer/name/address.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[kamranziadar]

I remember i bought this for $89AR but i still did not get my rebates yet.

 

[nekote]

Western Digital 200GB WD2000JBRTL UATA100 8MB Buffer Hard Drive - Retail Hard Drive Kit
$60.00 Rebate

Boxed Hard Drives Kits - 160GB - 250GB - 7200 RPM:
For Mac,Windows
Outpost #: 3483523
Capacity: 200GB
Seek Time: 8.9ms
7200RPM
8MB Buffer
1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty

 

[tata]

good job.thanks! Is ATA100 hard drive much slower than ATA133?

 

[kof]

Bought this 2 weeks ago for $120-$50=$70. A day later they popped the price to $130. They might drop the price another $10 so watch it closely. Also another thread said the rebates sometimes take forever.

 

[htne]

Originally posted by: tata
good job.thanks! Is ATA100 hard drive much slower than ATA133?

In the real world, no difference.

 

[tata]

thanks

 

[Trikat]

i'm in need of another hd too. THx
Stupid computer claims Hitachi 250gb is discontinued so they canclled my order. Could've got a 250giger for only $80. Stupid compusa and their pathetic inventory updates.

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: tata
good job.thanks! Is ATA100 hard drive much slower than ATA133?

ATA100 allows for up to 100MB/sec data transfer, and ATA133 up to 133. That's an increase of 33%. SATA allows up to 150.

 

[Keen314]

Originally posted by: fitzov

Originally posted by: tata
good job.thanks! Is ATA100 hard drive much slower than ATA133?

ATA100 allows for up to 100MB/sec data transfer, and ATA133 up to 133. That's an increase of 33%. SATA allows up to 150.

So, in other words, there's no difference in the real world. The sustained transfer speed isn't anywhere near any of those numbers. During bursts of reading what the hard drive was able to stuff in its cache, you'll get a slight difference.

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: Keen314

Originally posted by: fitzov

Originally posted by: tata
good job.thanks! Is ATA100 hard drive much slower than ATA133?

ATA100 allows for up to 100MB/sec data transfer, and ATA133 up to 133. That's an increase of 33%. SATA allows up to 150.

So, in other words, there's no difference in the real world. The sustained transfer speed isn't anywhere near any of those numbers. During bursts of reading what the hard drive was able to stuff in its cache, you'll get a slight difference.

In other words: ATA133 and SATA are mere marketing gimmicks which manufacturers gladly participated in? Come on.