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I have one of the 500GB 7200.4 which was used for 46 hours in a computer and then pulled for the larger drive. Now the 7200.4 is destined for the heap-o-drives. :(

What is the source, something at work or at home?

In 2007 (or early 2008?) I sent in a rebate for several cards and never received anything. Then last June I bought 3x8GB EX3 30 MB/sec. and was expecting to receive a $120 rebate card. I received only $40 and finally threw it in the trash. F*ck them. Rebate ripoffs are not worth my time.

Time is running out. The 750GB drive is deactivated for some reason. Viable options are only the external Seagate 640GB 9.5mm and external WD 750GB 12.5 mm. Should I just buy more of the Seagates and rip the drives out? Are there any reliablity problems with them?

Between the two of you I'm confused. :scratch: Is it 2.5" or 3.5"?

I use the 16GB size, because what will be needed in the next generations (even now with the D3X). I think they are about $200 without a rebate. I don't bother to send in the SanDisk rebates, since they ripped me off twice. (I refuse to send in any other rebates either.)

I had to buy the fancy remote years ago in a store because I had left the simple one at home. Being so bulky it is a PITA. My remotes always get beaten up heavily from dragging on the ground. I only used it for the one week and never again. I don't buy anything on ebay due to the payment...

PATA is not very economical now, so I'd start all over. The 2.5" type are fine for backups if huge capacity is not needed. I have a small army of the WD Passports, etc., but USB 2.0 speed is getting old.

No. The modem is connected to a simple 4-port switch and that is connected to 2-4 computers (primary, secondary and rarely up to two notebooks). There is a separate cable between the primary and secondary computers. I'm only interested in the primary computer internet as it receives the vast...

What is the best app to measure total accumulated MB up and down? I'm not looking for any info about the sites visited, etc. I want one that logs to a single file. Thanks.

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The one you just recently purchased?:blue:

Let's see how many defective ones you get. I wasted about $300 of my time so far. Writing is fine, then in reading there is at least one unreadable sector.

Mine are all separate. I do not trust RAID. Three are for archival storage. I may wait for the 2TB 7200 drives to hit to the market before doing anything else. I don't know about Samsung drives.

Why put a pricey SDD in a netbook with a sluggo CPU?

I have purchased four Acer noetbooks over the years and none had/have display problems. The last one was about 2 1/2 years ago, so maybe they are getting worse. The appeal of the 1410, or 1810 etc., is the low cost for the size. For occasional consumer use I think they should be sufficient...

Ages is relative. I bet you never danced to Disco Duck. ;) I don't remember flashing though.

I think one of the four drives of the second batch is defective, but it is strange. Do I need to prove anything or just return it? I've never had anything replaced, only returned for refund -15%. How slow is the replacement process?

Half? Even throwing out those under 18, I doubt that most would like to see more than 10-15%.

Who would have thought that some people don't like the cult/religious founders? I saw an alien in a piece of cheese once, but nobody will listen to me. :D

Yeah. One time my computer would not boot or even POST. That CPU was dead after less than 3 months for no reason.

Well of course I meant the random writes. Question is always how sequential are the large writes as the drive fills or ages. Have you compared both?

I recall in one of those umpteen links a test showed that the X25-M G2 was better at writes than similar drives, 30MB/sec. vs. 10MB/sec. Maybe it was in a dream.

I post all over with different usernames, but never more than 5 on one forum.

Maybe we will see them before 8/28?

Easy ;)

OK, 30 INCHES. :mrgrn:

Oh, now I see where SD is getting info and posting. ;)

I don't know, but my 30' NEC POS had it.

The Acer is interesting, but unfortunately the OS is Vista. :(

Maybe he means me?

That is what I would like to know - hoping to hold out until then.

I just want a Windows app that will wipe out all that stuff, even if it takes an hour.

That is a bit heavier than my small notebook with a larger screen. I don't think it is a netbook other than perhaps in price, whatever that would be. Where is the line drawn?

Maybe it was David that bought something relatively recently or maybe it was Tony. Some monitors support sensor calibration directly through a USB port.

Are those available in the US? I might know someone that would want one.

Not quote sure why you would get that one. Don't you have the EyeOne Display 2, or was that someone else? MacBeth/Xrite is the industry standard with much broader use. Does your monitor support the Spyder directly or do you have to apply profiles at the video card level?

I vaguely recollect that movie from an airplane flight. Edie Murphy was the Jackass? I can't remember the point of the film, but I gave up watching after a while.

Huh? Chicken... here all week? Is that an obscure line from a film?

The 750GB is in stock now, but it is too thick for my interests.

What is the best method for thoroughly testing these drives for defects, both reading and writing?

No problem here at 1080 in IE6 or FireFux 3.5. With a basic video card from 2006 CPU is <5%. I think it is some software issue. Are you using the lastest version of the Flash player?

Thanks. I do what I can on this forum, though my computer knowledge has slipped quite a lot in recent years. I have many more posts on other forums, and of course we all remember the SR MBF. I don't even know my passwords there anymore.

I don't know about remotes for the cheap cameras. I have the two types of 3-pin Canon remotes, though I normally use the small one. The TC-80N3 is too bulky and I only used it a few times. My remotes are beaten up from dropping and dragging them on the ground.

At least the Apple is good for something. I don't have the FIOS, so my computer is limited by the bandwidth. I also disable the evil Adobe flash so there is not all that crap to download and display.

Edison, NJ to Secaucsuc, NJ? What's up with that?

It's too late for that. I think the images for all the workstations/laptops models have already gone gold and been sent to the manufacturer. It took several months to get everything qualified and I heard there were some driver vendor issues. I was being a little sarcastic about the 3-4 years...

Is there any reason not to buy several more of the Samsung drive for archives? It looks like the current best "bang for the buck."

I don't recall the question being asked.