Hey Everyone,
Browsing Officeworks website today and I see they've got some new pricing on WD Passport hard drive.
500GB is $79
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dat…
1TB Passport SE is $149
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dat…
Seems like a pretty good deal to me!
when is usb 3.0 gonna hit the shelves?
dunno, it's already on their website and i got an email from then last week so it should be any time now…
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=879
i'd expect that the USB 3.0 ones will go back to the higher prices though…
Are the USB 3.0 ones any good to users like me who only have USB 2.0 ports in our computers?
yes, the usb 3.0 ones are downward compatible so you can still use on USB 2.0 pc's…
if you get a new motherboard or a USB 3.0 card, you'll get approx. 3 times the speed…
(almost as fast as an internal disk)
Can you return it and re-purchase at the lower price?
i've already copied my old 500GB disk onto it and have thrown out the packaging unfortunately…
could just buy another one and return the new one with the old invoice.
thnx… that occured to me on the way home… will do that in the morning..
they have a 1 week grace period where you can get the diff back if prices drop within a 1 week of purchase, just go back with you receipt to get the diff…
that would be great, is there a link on their website for this ???
i have done it before in store and store people have mentioned it a couple of times in the past…
ok, thanks, i'll bring in my receipt tomorrow and ask them…
This is so tempting. I wonder if there will be better deals if I wait another month?
the USB 2.0 ones should be as cheap or cheaper as the new USB 3.0 come out to replace them…
i expect the USB 3.0 ones initially will be more expensive than this..
Woohoo!!!
Got my $30 refunded and used it to get $40 iTunes Credit from Myer and got MyerOne points on top too..
thanks Jaymz for posting this…
Question:
I'm thinking of purchasing either this or the desktop 3.5" for notebook backing up purposes only. Does anyone have a recommendation? WD 3.5" or this WD 2.5"?
Regards
2.5 is more expensive, the idea being you're paying a premium for portability. You need to decide whether that premium offsets the personal satisfaction of the portability. If not, just get the 3.5
Question:
I’m thinking of purchasing either this or the desktop 3.5” for notebook backing up purposes only. Does anyone have a recommendation? WD 3.5” or this WD 2.5”?
Regards
3.5 for you then.
Ooooo! I am so angry now… I paid $179 for the 1TB on Friday at OW (It was selling over $200 at most other places)
I think the main reason for the price drop is the new USB 3.0 ones are now about to hit the shelves…