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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 27 October 2012, 10:07:37
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Are selling this for £69.99
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/western-digital-elements-external-hard-drive-2tb-black-03781559-pdt.html
I'm amazed I cannot find it cheaper online :o
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They've got a lot of good offers lately.
Just bought my daughter a 64GB Blackberry Playbook for Christmas £129.
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http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=off&q=western+digital+elements+external+hard+drive+-+2tb&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1920&bih=1015&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9074291243065540671&sa=X&ei=T9GLULOvCLKa0QXa_ICABA&ved=0CDoQ8wIwAA#scoring=p
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http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=off&q=western+digital+elements+external+hard+drive+-+2tb&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1920&bih=1015&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9074291243065540671&sa=X&ei=T9GLULOvCLKa0QXa_ICABA&ved=0CDoQ8wIwAA#scoring=p
Just checked the cheapest link @£52 and it didnt link to any thing. :-\
Either way thats about the price of the hard drive alone, so the external caddy is basically free.
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
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I'm a big fan of those drives, been using them for years. I need another, that is indeed a great price. Usually PC World are so expensive!
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its also 69 at Amazon, I wonder if amazon will drop its price next week when it discovers the pc world/currys price ???
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PC World are on topcashback, plus on my debit card's cashback scheme, plus I can get 10% as well.
I just don't see a use for a 3.5" desktop drive :-\
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
Could that little lot fit in the glovebox :-\
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
Could that little lot fit in the glovebox :-\
Don't think an Xbox will quite fit inside the glovebox, but a netbook would.
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
Could that little lot fit in the glovebox :-\
Don't think an Xbox will quite fit inside the glovebox, but a netbook would.
Or a raspberry pi. :y
Must do something with mine. ::)
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
Could that little lot fit in the glovebox :-\
Don't think an Xbox will quite fit inside the glovebox, but a netbook would.
Or a raspberry pi. :y
Must do something with mine. ::)
Me too, but every time I start doing something with it, I have to blow it away and make it into a LAMP to test stuff...
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They have now upped the memory to 512Mb too, so might have to buy a couple more. ::)
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
Could that little lot fit in the glovebox :-\
Don't think an Xbox will quite fit inside the glovebox, but a netbook would.
Xbox with case removed? ...and an ac glove box to cool it?
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They have now upped the memory to 512Mb too, so might have to buy a couple more. ::)
I heard there was talk of it, but not checked. If they have, might consider a newer one, as even without running X, its too tight on memory as soon as you ask it to do anything.
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Indeed. with 512 it's got a chance of replacing my music server that is currently a sweaty old celeron that draws 40w or so.
For that, I'd just need to add a cheap USB drive... ???
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Indeed. with 512 it's got a chance of replacing my music server that is currently a sweaty old celeron that draws 40w or so.
For that, I'd just need to add a cheap USB drive... ???
If its a 2.5" drive, do a bit of homework - I have some memory deep in the back of my head that you can't pull the full 500mA from the Pi...
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Could such a thing be used as the basis for an in car pc :-\
It could, along with a motherboard, CPU, RAM, OS, etc.
You can have a full on media centre courtesy of an Xbox if you really want to do it on the cheap.
Could that little lot fit in the glovebox :-\
Don't think an Xbox will quite fit inside the glovebox, but a netbook would.
Xbox with case removed? ...and an ac glove box to cool it?
certainly fit in the boot :y
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Indeed. with 512 it's got a chance of replacing my music server that is currently a sweaty old celeron that draws 40w or so.
For that, I'd just need to add a cheap USB drive... ???
If its a 2.5" drive, do a bit of homework - I have some memory deep in the back of my head that you can't pull the full 500mA from the Pi...
Yep, much less than that IME. There's a polyfuse on the board to each USB supply port which gives up pretty early on in the proceedings. Need a decent powered hub if using more than just a keyboard and mouse IMHO.
Anyway, I've got a nice 2TB WD 3.5" one now. :y
Reserve and collect from Currys. None on the shelf. :( Got ready to throw a hissy fit but no, they truly had kept some out back for me. :y
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Indeed. with 512 it's got a chance of replacing my music server that is currently a sweaty old celeron that draws 40w or so.
For that, I'd just need to add a cheap USB drive... ???
If its a 2.5" drive, do a bit of homework - I have some memory deep in the back of my head that you can't pull the full 500mA from the Pi...
Yep, much less than that IME. There's a polyfuse on the board to each USB supply port which gives up pretty early on in the proceedings. Need a decent powered hub if using more than just a keyboard and mouse IMHO.
Anyway, I've got a nice 2TB WD 3.5" one now. :y
Reserve and collect from Currys. None on the shelf. :( Got ready to throw a hissy fit but no, they truly had kept some out back for me. :y
Your not going to get much on that ;D ::)
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Indeed. with 512 it's got a chance of replacing my music server that is currently a sweaty old celeron that draws 40w or so.
For that, I'd just need to add a cheap USB drive... ???
If its a 2.5" drive, do a bit of homework - I have some memory deep in the back of my head that you can't pull the full 500mA from the Pi...
Yep, much less than that IME. There's a polyfuse on the board to each USB supply port which gives up pretty early on in the proceedings. Need a decent powered hub if using more than just a keyboard and mouse IMHO.
Anyway, I've got a nice 2TB WD 3.5" one now. :y
Reserve and collect from Currys. None on the shelf. :( Got ready to throw a hissy fit but no, they truly had kept some out back for me. :y
Your not going to get much on that ;D ::)
Move along... Nothing to see here. ;)