Good source for 500GB hard drives right now?
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:44 pm
I'm looking around for a 500GB internal drive for a t61p right now. I know Seagate and WD are offering them and I suspect either will perform just as well given the limits of the computer, so I've been looking for price.
But Newegg, who sell the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 for $95 shipped now, are only selling OEM drives with a 30-day return privilege, Seagate says it is an OEM drive, so there is ZERO warranty from Seagate on it, unless the OEM supplier contracted for one. And Newegg says no, that's wrong, it has a standard retail warranty--but it isn't a warranty drive, so that isn't right. Buy.com is just as bad, providing no warranty statement at all.
Which puts me back to asking...does anyone have a good source for a 500GB drive (9.7mm, 2.5", internal laptop) right now?
Along with an Apricorn universal enclosure I think, as I'll be using it for the old drive, as well as an even older PATA drive that needs to be swept at some point.
But Newegg, who sell the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 for $95 shipped now, are only selling OEM drives with a 30-day return privilege, Seagate says it is an OEM drive, so there is ZERO warranty from Seagate on it, unless the OEM supplier contracted for one. And Newegg says no, that's wrong, it has a standard retail warranty--but it isn't a warranty drive, so that isn't right. Buy.com is just as bad, providing no warranty statement at all.
Which puts me back to asking...does anyone have a good source for a 500GB drive (9.7mm, 2.5", internal laptop) right now?
Along with an Apricorn universal enclosure I think, as I'll be using it for the old drive, as well as an even older PATA drive that needs to be swept at some point.