04-02-2002, 02:22 AM
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04-02-2002, 04:20 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 88
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The same site has the 1 GB drive for $239 after rebate. Oh, someone cut up my credit card quickly!!! :twisted:
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04-02-2002, 04:36 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 260
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I thought the 340 meg drives, were murder on the battery life. Anyone know if this is really true? If not.. I may just have to make the purchase.
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04-02-2002, 04:57 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 13
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How about the 1GB model for $195.46 including shipping?
I just bought an Iomega 1GB Microdrive for $195.46 including shipping. This was just last week. The free shipping was a given, but I got 10% off their regular price on the drive using coupon code software14. Their regular price is $229 and it is my understanding that it is just a repackaged IBM. As far as battery life, I have read lots of places that the 1GB is actually better on battery life as the newer 1GB model was designed later. However, that certainly could have changed as they have had time to update their older 340MB models since then. I don't know from personal experience as I just got my 1GB model last week and have never used a 340MB model.
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04-02-2002, 05:07 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 289
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340mb... that is SOOOOO last year.... 
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04-02-2002, 06:22 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 43
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is 340Mb really "mass storage" these days? My 5gb Toshiba pcmcia drive is full already and I am holding my breath for the 10Gb and 20gb!
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04-02-2002, 07:17 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 51
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Hey bchristian, are you sure that promotional code is correct? I tried it and the site gave me an error. Maybe it is no longer valid. :-(
Still, $229 seems like a pretty good price for 1G. :-)
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04-02-2002, 07:46 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by IpaqMan2
I thought the 340 meg drives, were murder on the battery life. Anyone know if this is really true? If not.. I may just have to make the purchase.
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A Microdrive is harder on battery life than a CF card, but for $99.... :-)
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04-02-2002, 06:22 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 85
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Originally Posted by IpaqMan2
I thought the 340 meg drives, were murder on the battery life. Anyone know if this is really true? If not.. I may just have to make the purchase.
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I don't know about other Microdrives but my 340 absolutely murdered my PocketPC's battery, and it got really hot as well, and it wouldn't play WMA without nasty pauses.
If the bigger ones don't have these problems........ get a bigger one.
As someone said, 340Mb isn't much, particularly since PocketPC devices are primarily used as multimedia centers that need big files rather than professional tools that use (relatively) smaller files.
PS. What's with the rebate? Why not just knock the price down?
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04-02-2002, 06:26 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by Chubbergott
PS. What's with the rebate? Why not just knock the price down?
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Rebates are a way for the manufacturer to get more money up front, pool some cash, then dish it back out to the consumer. It's more beneficial to the OEM to offer rebates than to simply drop the price. It's the way much of the industry works. :-)
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