What to do? What to do?

[Michael73]

Pretty simple question, really...save my 500GB drives or toss 'em?

With 1T drives on sale in my area for $199.99, I'm beginning to think about swapping out my 500GB drives (I really have filled up my 500's!). With the cost of drives dropping like a brick, I wasn't sure it was really worth buying something like this: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW924AL2K/ and spending $120+ just to save a few drives.

What do you think?

 

[BeyondMountains]

Pretty simple question, really...save my 500GB drives or toss 'em?

With 1T drives on sale in my area for $199.99, I'm beginning to think about swapping out my 500GB drives (I really have filled up my 500's!). With the cost of drives dropping like a brick, I wasn't sure it was really worth buying something like this: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW924AL2K/ and spending $120+ just to save a few drives.

What do you think?

this poor college student will take them off your hands

 

[krye]

Keep them as USB drives. They're always good in a pinch.

 

[ZachPruckowski]

this poor college student will take them off your hands

Ditto. I'll pay for shipping.


I would suggest grabbing a USB2 or Firewire external drive. 500 GB is nothing to sneer about now, and someday, when it is, you can move the new 1 TB drive into there. Alternatively, you can always hook up a 500 GB external to a HTPC or to a router (like an Airport Extreme or something 3rd party).

 

[ThirteenXIII]

ill take the 500's off your hands


you should look into icydocks usb/firewire sata-drive enclosure on newegg, under 60$

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