I was scouting for one ever since those Western Digital My Book 1TBs proliferated in the city. Yes, 1TB hard drives are extremely tempting gadgets to get so you can have the ultimate collection of files in one place. What stopped me from buying it was the "immovable" issues.
One, it's not USB powered therefore, you need to plug it in and get power from another source WHILE the smaller external hard drives uses the same wire to transfer files and get power from the USB port.
I am not making a review here and I did this blog post to update you guys with the current External Hard drive prices.
Here is what I got so far:
Authorized Dealer Prices:
WD Passport
500gb @ P 6,480 pesos
P12.96 pesos / gig
WD Elements
320gb @ 3,730 pesos
P11.66 pesos / gig
WD Elements
500gb @ 5,200 pesos
P10.40 pesos / gig
WD 3.5" Elements
1TB @ 5,720 pesos
P5.72 pesos / gig
Fujitsu Handy
500gb @ P5,620 pesos
P11.24 pesos / gig
Online Sellers:
WD Elements
320gb @ 2,500
P7.80 pesos / gig
*no stock
WD Passport Essential
320gb @ 3,450 pesos
P10.78 pesos / gig
WD Passport Essential
500gb @ 5,550 pesos
P11.10 pesos / gig
Seagate Free Agent
320gb @ 4,500 pesos
P14.06 pesos / gig
Seagate Free Agent
500gb @ 6,200 pesos
P12.40 pesos / gig
Seagate Desktop
1TB @ 4,600
P4.60 pesos / gig
There you go. Those are the prices I canvassed today.
Finally, I bought the:
WD Elements
500gb @ 5,200 pesos
P10.40 pesos / gig
My reason:
-I like the rubber edge enclosure of this hard drive
-Smaller than the WD Passport Essential
-Shape is also better than the Passport Essential
-P10.40 pesos/ gig of storage is a fair price in my opinion
last but not the least, this is the hardest one to find! Of the 10 stores I went to, only 1 store had it and they had 1 stock left. That made me decide to get it right away. 2 things. It's either this model is highly in demand or, no one buys it that's why stores don't stock it.
Ciao for now as I transfer my photographs to my new Hard Drive :)
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