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Do you want external HDD support?

Sure 105 64.02%
 
Nah man 14 8.54%
 
Indifferent 31 18.90%
 
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jlmurph2 on 24 July 2014
Danman27 said:
VanceIX said:
Danman27 said:
I never intend on using one, so I don't really care. Needing to lug around a hard drive seems like an added inconvenience. I'm not going to say no to external HDDs, but I'm not going to fight for it either. Also, you could get an external 2.5 inch HDD and take the HDD out of the enclosure. I think it's kinda funny that that's somehow cheaper...

It's not. Prices for internal 2.5" HDDs are obscenely expensive once you get in the ~2TB range. I can get a 3TB external for the same price as a 1TB internal.

It's not as easy, but if you look a little bit, you can find decent prices for 2.5 inch ard drives. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-2-5-Inch-1TB-5400-RPM-SATA2-SATA-3-0-GB-s-Notebook-Hard-Drive-MQ01ABD100-/281299414467?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item417ec06dc3


That's for just 1TB? No thanks.



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estebxx on 24 July 2014

i just want the following features:

-External HDD Support
-Video Playback
-Music Playback (in other words i just want to save and view my videos and listen to my music like i can do it on my PS3...)
-Wallpapers...



VanceIX on 24 July 2014
Danman27 said:
VanceIX said:
Danman27 said:
I never intend on using one, so I don't really care. Needing to lug around a hard drive seems like an added inconvenience. I'm not going to say no to external HDDs, but I'm not going to fight for it either. Also, you could get an external 2.5 inch HDD and take the HDD out of the enclosure. I think it's kinda funny that that's somehow cheaper...

It's not. Prices for internal 2.5" HDDs are obscenely expensive once you get in the ~2TB range. I can get a 3TB external for the same price as a 1TB internal.

It's not as easy, but if you look a little bit, you can find decent prices for 2.5 inch ard drives. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-2-5-Inch-1TB-5400-RPM-SATA2-SATA-3-0-GB-s-Notebook-Hard-Drive-MQ01ABD100-/281299414467?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item417ec06dc3

True, but you can get double the storage for almost $30 cheaper with an external 3.5", and triple for almost the same price.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STBV2000100/dp/B00834SJS0/ref=sr_du_3_map?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406203706&sr=1-3



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Danman27 on 24 July 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Danman27 said:
VanceIX said:
Danman27 said:
I never intend on using one, so I don't really care. Needing to lug around a hard drive seems like an added inconvenience. I'm not going to say no to external HDDs, but I'm not going to fight for it either. Also, you could get an external 2.5 inch HDD and take the HDD out of the enclosure. I think it's kinda funny that that's somehow cheaper...

It's not. Prices for internal 2.5" HDDs are obscenely expensive once you get in the ~2TB range. I can get a 3TB external for the same price as a 1TB internal.

It's not as easy, but if you look a little bit, you can find decent prices for 2.5 inch ard drives. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-2-5-Inch-1TB-5400-RPM-SATA2-SATA-3-0-GB-s-Notebook-Hard-Drive-MQ01ABD100-/281299414467?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item417ec06dc3


That's for just 1TB? No thanks.


Crap, you're right. I thought it said 2. Anyways though. Most of the 2tb 2.5 inch hard drives I found on ebay were in the $100 ballpark.