I went to OfficeDepot last week based on an ad they had for a UPS. Orig $59.95, but $29.95 after rebates. However they were out of the UPS, so I asked for a raincheck. They said just bring the ad in later and we'll give it to you at that price, even though the rebate period would have expired. So, a week later I went back. The sale was over and the rebate period was over. I showed them the ad and told them the situation and they gave it to me at $29.95! I didn't even have to send for a rebate! Net savings, $0.37+envelope+time+carry cost! Still love Office Depot! Cash
No problems......works great.....we shall see..... During installation, I needed to install Windows XP pro from the "boot from CD prompt" during start up....I needed to hit a key within 5 seconds to do this.....like the Savant that I am I just sat there and couldn't figure it out..... By the way, when you open up the puter....it is helpful to have a handy PC tool kit, and some canned air.....(free with rebate) Michael B.
Over the weekend, I just installed a brand new 36.7 Gig Serial ATA "Raptor" drive with the 8mb buffer and 10,000 rpm into my Dell 8300 Dimension machine. It took me the better part of a Sunday afternoon and evening (re-downloading all of my programs) since I did not "copy" or "ghost" my old drive onto the new one. Instead, I decided to do a fresh install. The "Raptor" is so fast that Windows-XP loaded in 11 minutes flat! I am also happy to report that it does not emit the high-pitched whine that some reviewers of the drive have commented on. It does make a dull, single-shot, "ka-chunk" every now and then while reading but other than that, it runs flawlessly and I cannot hear it over all the fans in my case. I also decided to install a hard drive fan with 2 small fans to keep the unit cool as well. If anyone has any questions about installation, or problems with an install on a Dell, feel free to PM me. Yesterday, www.newegg.com was selling this drive on Sale for $108.00
Picked up a Seagate 80GB Barracuda ATA with 8 MB cache Hard Drive today. Model: ST380013A. It was on sale this week for $49.99 at Best Buy ( http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...66979&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01043 ). Very Quiet drive. Noise Level is only 2.5 bels. The only thing I didn't like is that it runs hot but I'm not worry cuz of the warranty will cover for a replacement.