Black Friday Tips????
Friendly warning for you from a techie: the 1TB WD drives, especially the external models, have not been the most reliable that I've seen. I've been using WD drives since I switched brands about 8 years ago, and their 1TB drives aren't up to the same reliability standard that I am used to. I recommend the 500GB models, internal or external. I am giving it some time to see how they work out the reliability issues when dealing with 1TB+ drives. Just food for thought.
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I prefer Segate & WD. No problems other than the usual 3-5 year slow death.
Stay away from Maxtor.
FYI Segate recalled their HD's earlier this year for the 30% failure rate, but in general their a reliable brand for HD's:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...s_new_firmware
Stay away from Maxtor.
FYI Segate recalled their HD's earlier this year for the 30% failure rate, but in general their a reliable brand for HD's:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...s_new_firmware
Anything that you buy with a Maxtor label on it is Seagate marketed under a different brand name.
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Yeh, but it's ingrained in my head to not trust them still...
I gave them a benefit of the doubt and I bought one thinking "hey, segate bought them, maybe they're reliable now"...
It does still work, but it's clunking pretty slow.
maxtor = old navy
segate = GAP
They might each be the same companies, but being a budget brand still shows.
I gave them a benefit of the doubt and I bought one thinking "hey, segate bought them, maybe they're reliable now"...
It does still work, but it's clunking pretty slow.
maxtor = old navy
segate = GAP
They might each be the same companies, but being a budget brand still shows.
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Yup, I had a Maxtor Central Axis 1tb NAS. It failed for now reason what so ever. I opened the sucker up cause they wanted to charge me like $600 to try and recover my data. Screw you, I'll do it myself. Opened it up, Seagate HD is inside the Maxtor case. So I replaced it with a D-Link NAS with 2 1TB WD HD's.
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I want a 40-42 inch tv.... ANyone want to recommend a good solid lcd or plasma? I dont want to spend over 800.... and I don;t want to wait in line at 3am.... Maybe something I can order online?
I dont know anything about tv's... So let me know.... THanks for any input...
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I want a 40-42 inch tv.... ANyone want to recommend a good solid lcd or plasma? I dont want to spend over 800.... and I don;t want to wait in line at 3am.... Maybe something I can order online?
I dont know anything about tv's... So let me know.... THanks for any input...
I dont know anything about tv's... So let me know.... THanks for any input...
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well the baby's R us journey worked out. We got the LAST rocker in the color that we wanted and we got to them less than 10 minutes after they started selling them. And we hit up another store and got some maternity clothes and baby clothes for cheap.
Nothing for daddy though... BOGUS!!!!!!! haaaaaaa. daddy don't have a job so he can't complain to much though....
Nothing for daddy though... BOGUS!!!!!!! haaaaaaa. daddy don't have a job so he can't complain to much though....
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I ended up beating an Asian man with my crutch (broke my ankle) after he tried to knock me over... I got a good 5 or 6 really hard hits in before the black dude that was standing behind me stopped the altercation. I was just standing there and this older Asian dude just knocks my *** over, so I get up, run after him as fast as I can (with crutches) and proceed to beat him senseless.
This is when the game cube came out... We all waited in line for hours and hours, he didn't... He just rushed in and cut in front of everyone. I bet he'll never do that again.
This is when the game cube came out... We all waited in line for hours and hours, he didn't... He just rushed in and cut in front of everyone. I bet he'll never do that again.