Toys: Storage Deals – External HDs, SD cards

From the 9to5mac Toys section:

Amazon.com offers the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Hard Drive, model no. 0A38016, for $70.67 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $8, although we saw it for $4 less back in June (since expired). It features a 16MB cache and runs at 7200 rpm.

 

 

 

Amazon.com offers the OEM Seagate 7200.12 1TB Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive, model no. ST31000528AS, for $79.51 with free shipping ($0.08/GB). That’s $10 under our May mention of this hard drive and the lowest total price we’ve seen. This drive features a 32MB cache, runs at 7200 rpm, and is made with 70% or more recycled materials.

 

 

TigerDirect.com offers the Hammer Storage MoreSpace 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. HU1100-1000, for $89.99 with $7.49 for shipping ($0.09/GB). That’s $9 under our March mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen. It features a 3.5" drive and weighs just over 2 lbs.

Amazon.com offers the Patriot Duplicator 16GB Class 6 SDHC Secure Digital High-Capacity Card with Auto Backup, model no. PD16GSDHC6, for $36.97 with free shipping. This $15 mail-in rebate chops it to $21.97 ($1.37/GB). That’s $23 off and the lowest total price we could find. It features auto-backup software (for Windows only) which requires no installation. Rebate expires July 31.

Of note, although this card can be used as an ordinary 16GB SDHC card in Mac operating systems (including the new SDHC-equipped MacBook Pros), the auto-backup software works only in Windows.  On Leopard, you can simply use the built-in Time Machine. After you set options, the software automatically backs up data you have specified.