December 15, 2009
Op Ed By the ZippyCart Shopping Carts Content Team
The holiday season gives way to numerous pictures and video being shot on digital cameras and camcorders, which also means more memory being used on your laptop or desktop computer. In addition to pictures and video, many are buying or receiving digital presents this year like music, movies, computer games, and software. All of these things require hard drive space to store on your computer, which is why many choose to purchase hard drives for the holidays. Prices on all types of hard drives have dropped dramatically in the past few years, making it easy to store all of your digital media. Below we have a variety of external, internal and portable hard drive deals that are top sellers this holiday season. There are only a couple of days left to still get free shipping and have your purchases come to you in time for the holiday, so merchants hope that these deals will ensure people make their holiday gift purchases soon.
Deals on External Hard Drives
Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Dive HDDR640E04XR – $111.99
This compact and portable 640 GB external hard drive by Toshiba is a great choice for easily backing up your valuable files or digital media. It is also a great way to store movies or any other digital media that you want to take with you on the go, or even on vacation. Also a great choice for those using netbooks that have little hard drive capacity. The hard drive can be used with Windows or Apple based computers.
This is without a doubt one of the coolest and most rugged portable hard drives being sold in the market today. Weighing in at just under 12 ounces, it features an amazing drop-resistant aluminum alloy shell and a shock-resistant rubber bumper. So this is a great gift for the techie in your life who likes to bike or run to work, and has a lot of digital media they need to carry. Also a great choice for a portable hard drive when camping.
Western Digital My DVR Expander 1 TB eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive WDG1S10000VN – $129.00
If you want a quality external hard drive that is easy to install and set up, then you should look into this 1 TB option from Western Digital. This is a great way to add a back up system or give yourself extra storage for all of your digital media. It even has an option to plug into some DVR’s to give you extra storage space for your TV recordings.
Iomega Prestige 1.5 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34474 – $130.98
This large 1.5 TB hard drive from Iomega is a great option for Windows based computers. You can store millions of mp3′s or thousands of TV shows or movies on this hard drive, which should keep you busy for some time. This is also a good option for Windows users who want a great back up for their computer.
Deals on Internal Hard Drives
Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD10EADS – $84.99
If you are a bit more technical and want to add a second hard drive to your desktop computer, then this eco-friendly hard drive will let you do more, while using less power which is great for the environment. Installing this very affordable hard drive will give you a significant boost to your overall storage capacity.
This is the second biggest internal hard drive that Western Digital offers at 1.5 TB of storage space. There is so much storage on here that it can handle roughly 300,000 digital photos, 375,000 MP3 files, and 180 hours of HD video. Hopefully this is more than enough hard drive space to keep most users busy for a bit, by filling it up with a variety of digital media.
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