External 500Gb My Book Premium for $149

Lytro Illum Light Field Digital

06/15/2007 06:25:11 PM · #1

Thought I'd share with anybody needing an external HD: I just bought a 500 gig Western Digital My Book Premium Edition hard drive at Costco for $149 (regular $169 - $20 discount at the register). Cheapest on Pricegrabber is $169 + shipping. The Premium edition has firewire inputs plus other goodies. And you can't beat Costco's return policy, but hopefully that won't ever be necessary. Ends June 18th. They also have a 750Gb Seagate external drive available next week for $239 with a mailed coupon, but I don't like upright drives like that one.

yakatme

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

06/15/2007 06:30:05 PM · #2

They also have the Western Digital My Book 1 Tb hard drive for about $350.00.

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

06/15/2007 06:32:20 PM · #3

Actually I am looking for a second External. I currently have a Maxtor 500GB....I am not familiar with the quality of the other brands...so can anyone enlighten me on maybe other brands of comparable price and good quality but 500GB or over. And in Aussie prices please.

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yakatme

Lytro Illum Light Field Digital

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

06/15/2007 06:35:49 PM · #4

I can't quote Aussie prices, but I am very happy with the external hard drive that the OP mentioned. I've had it for almost a year without any problems. I'll probably get the 1 Tb that I mentioned (same series).

I didn't like the software that came with it, so I turned that part off and simply click and drag my files. That's what I hear that most people do anyway.

06/15/2007 06:36:08 PM · #5

Ya, I saw that one and was tempted.

Elvis_L

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

06/15/2007 07:00:31 PM · #6

I also have a my book and like it. i saw the 250gb my book at circuit city for $69 after rebate yesterday.

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

06/15/2007 07:42:54 PM · #7

Price Grabber Search

Got mine at Staples a few weeks back for $130

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/16/2007 12:58:30 AM · #8

Originally posted by rex:

Price Grabber Search

Got mine at Staples a few weeks back for $130

That's for the "Essential" version, still a great buy for $130. The "Premium Edition" is the one Costco carries.

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

06/16/2007 06:25:09 AM · #9

Looks like the only difference is one has firewire and one doesn't?

Hifi

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

06/16/2007 07:03:13 AM · #10

Judi, Harvey Norman currently have the hard drive Telehubbie was refering to for about $270, its the 500gb. I nearly bought this one but went for the one you have, more expensive but I knew the brand. I don;'t know if there are any Harvey Norman's up your way (may be just a Sydney thing). If you want any further info on it just let me know.

Makka

06/16/2007 07:06:01 AM · #11

Originally posted by Hifi:

Yeah, I saw them at Harvey Norman's the other day for $239. Was very tempted!

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

06/16/2007 11:36:23 AM · #12

Originally posted by rex:

Looks like the only difference is one has firewire and one doesn't?

Ya, not a big difference other than that. It has blue lights on the front instead of green that show how full it is, and has some backup software pre-loaded on it. Not a big deal really.

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

06/16/2007 06:58:50 PM · #13

Originally posted by Makka:

Originally posted by Hifi:
Judi, Harvey Norman currently have the hard drive Telehubbie was refering to for about $270, its the 500gb. I nearly bought this one but went for the one you have, more expensive but I knew the brand. I don;'t know if there are any Harvey Norman's up your way (may be just a Sydney thing). If you want any further info on it just let me know.

Yeah, I saw them at Harvey Norman's the other day for $239. Was very tempted!

Thanks Makka and HiFi...I will check them out.

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

06/16/2007 07:13:22 PM · #14

Originally posted by Telehubbie:

I've got one of these 320's that I just bought. Premium and I cant get my PC to recognize it when using firewire. I installed it using the USB cable as it suggests and then shut it off and went to reinstall it via the firewire and it wont recognize it. Even tried another known good cable. Have you got yours to work with firewire? I wonder if there is something wrong with this one. I just bought it today, got a 320 premium for $120 in store.

MattO

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

06/16/2007 07:15:19 PM · #15

I have that 320 and I had to buy a different firewire card to get it to work. Called their techsupport, at the time they said there were issues with certain fw chipsets. My other firewire devices worked with both the old and new card.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

06/16/2007 07:18:24 PM · #16

What's the difference between the Premium and the Essential?

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/16/2007 07:52:26 PM · #17

Originally posted by yanko:

What's the difference between the Premium and the Essential?

The Essential version doesn't have a capacity gauge, Firewire interface or backup software. Coincidentally, I just got the 500Gb Premium from Costco last night, and I'm filling that sucker right now. ;-)

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

06/16/2007 08:12:25 PM · #18

Originally posted by routerguy666:

That sucks, this is a newish PC(built last december) and a new firewire card and it wont recognize it. I cant get the backup software to work right either, if I do a manual backup it works great(using USB) if I try the auto it rebooted my PC. I'm thinking there must be something wrong with the drive. I'll call WD monday morning.

MattO

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