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Are there any good deals on Maxtor hard drives (i.e. about $60 or less)? Even smaller drives (20-40 gigs) would be OK. I know Best Buy has a great deal on a WD 40GB, but I am not sure I am ready to trust WD again, as my last two WDs have failed very quickly. Thanks!

Good choice on getting a Maxtor!

LiteOnGuy wrote:Are there any good deals on Maxtor hard drives (i.e. about $60 or less)? Even smaller drives (20-40 gigs) would be OK. I know Best Buy has a great deal on a WD 40GB, but I am not sure I am ready to trust WD again, as my last two WDs have failed very quickly. Thanks!

Check out Googlegear.com. Just bought a Maxtor 120 Gb 8Mb cache for $129 including free shipping (UPS 2nd Day Air). Good luck

Staples has the 80Gb Maxtor (8Mb Cache) at 79.98 AR, starting Sunday 4/6.
Item#: 499949

In-Store Purchase:
$119.98 - $10.00 Instant Rebate - $30.00 MIR = $79.98

If the MIR will work for online purchases, you could save another $10.00 or $20.00 with a coupon code.
The final price would depend on whether they'll offer the instant rebate online.

$119.98 - $20.00 off $100.00 Coupon Code: 37126 - $30.00 MIR = $69.98
$59.98 if the IR comes up online on Sunday

Too bad their SATA drives are nowhere to be found.

eBay, seriously. Retailers offer smaller capacity drives at ridiculously high prices. Do it eBay and save money.

aviationwiz wrote:Good choice on getting a Maxtor!

Thanks, I had a WD finally become essentially unusable yesterday (only 1.5 yrs old), and the WD that it replaced failed after less than two weeks. In contrast, I have had no problems with the 60GB Maxtor I got about 6 months ago.

Thank you for all of your replies, everyone!

LiteOnGuy, If you like by a Fry's, there's a very good deal on a Maxtor drive this week until Tuesday.

Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM ATA133 Internal Hard Drive With 8MB Cache - Retail Boxed
$99.99 - $30 Mail-In Rebate = $69.99