External drives and scanners

[Mic]

Just wondering if anyone has advice on what types of external drives (thinking of getting either a 500GB) or scanners (not sure why they vary in price/how they are different) to get as I will be buying one of each next week? Cheers.

[Wedgie]

I got a Western Digital, purposely paid $10 more than a Maxtor one was and have never regretted it, its a great unit.
For 500gb you'd probably get a Western Digital for about $120 these days.
As far as scanners go you can't go too wrong, Ive now got a scanner/fax/copier combo for about $150 which was an Epson, great unit.
Had a Cannon before and that was fine too, in fact if you just want a scanner I could probably give you my old Cannon.

[Psyber]

I've been using Samsung HDDs and I have a couple in external cases I bought separately, and cheaply - the pricing of some of the ready made versions is unbelievable.
I'm trying to salvage an "HP Pocket Media Drive" for a friend at the moment - it fritzed itself almost as soon as the warranty was up!
[Ah.. the wonders of HP technology - they are good at that.]

[Mic]

I got a Western Digital, purposely paid $10 more than a Maxtor one was and have never regretted it, its a great unit.
For 500gb you'd probably get a Western Digital for about $120 these days.
As far as scanners go you can't go too wrong, Ive now got a scanner/fax/copier combo for about $150 which was an Epson, great unit.
Had a Cannon before and that was fine too, in fact if you just want a scanner I could probably give you my old Cannon.

Where would I be able to buy a Western Digital for that price?

[smac]

Not 500GB, 1TB for $159. Best deal I have seen, have been hunting for a while now. Only available for 1 week, starting today.

http://promotion.9289.com.au/Deal_of_the_Week_003.html

[whatcha got there?]

I got a Western Digital, purposely paid $10 more than a Maxtor one was and have never regretted it, its a great unit.

I have a Maxtor, and its bloody brilliant. i used to think "wtf do i need an external hard drive for? but now i couldnt live without it. my favourite purpose is taking it to my best mates and stealing all her illegally downloaded tv shows before they've aired in aus....yay for american dad, family guy, entourage etc etc.

[Dirko]

Not 500GB, 1TB for $159. Best deal I have seen, have been hunting for a while now. Only available for 1 week, starting today.

http://promotion.9289.com.au/Deal_of_the_Week_003.html

I have one of those, purchased from Office Works, last year. Purchased it for the same price IIRC. Fantastic unit !!

[Mic]

Officeworks is selling them for $199 (for a TB). Reckon that might be go tomorrow arvo.

Got one for $172 which was good.