500 gb Hard Drive prices at DVinfo.net

Betsy Moore · December 29th, 2005, 02:11 AM

I got a new PowerMac Dual Core 2.3 with 3gb memory and 1 500gb hard drive earlier this month. I'm ready to start loading it with HDV footage but I'm going crazy trying to find 500gb internal hard drives for the second drive--are they all really 650 dollars? Does anyone know anywhere I can get them slightly cheaper? Should I have just ordered the second hard drive from Apple when I bought the computer? It almost looks like it would have been cheaper. I'm doing a large project so I'll need a vast amount of hd space.

Thanks in advance for your help

Brian Duke · December 29th, 2005, 02:29 AM

Go to Mac solutions on Wilshire. get a G-Raid 500GB for $499. See http://macsolutions.com/ipodspecial2.html

I already have one =)

Glenn Chan · December 29th, 2005, 03:14 AM

Computer retailers like newegg.com sell 500GB SATA drives for much less than 650.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148108

Normal SATA drives should work in Macs fine from what I remember. You have to go into disk utility and format the drive (non-journalled, OS X).

If you don't need the portability of externals, internals are usually cheaper, more reliable (no firewire sharing conflicts), and faster. Promax has a product that lets you cram a whole bunch of SATA drives inside a G5. You could figure out how to do the same thing yourself for a cheaper price, because they just resell the solution as a convenient time-saving kit + support.

December 29th, 2005, 02:11 AM	#1
Betsy Moore Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 444	500 gb Hard Drive prices I got a new PowerMac Dual Core 2.3 with 3gb memory and 1 500gb hard drive earlier this month. I'm ready to start loading it with HDV footage but I'm going crazy trying to find 500gb internal hard drives for the second drive--are they all really 650 dollars? Does anyone know anywhere I can get them slightly cheaper? Should I have just ordered the second hard drive from Apple when I bought the computer? It almost looks like it would have been cheaper. I'm doing a large project so I'll need a vast amount of hd space. Thanks in advance for your help

December 29th, 2005, 02:29 AM	#2
Brian Duke Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hollywood, California Posts: 899	Go to Mac solutions on Wilshire. get a G-Raid 500GB for $499. See http://macsolutions.com/ipodspecial2.html I already have one =)

December 29th, 2005, 03:14 AM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Computer retailers like newegg.com sell 500GB SATA drives for much less than 650. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148108 Normal SATA drives should work in Macs fine from what I remember. You have to go into disk utility and format the drive (non-journalled, OS X). If you don't need the portability of externals, internals are usually cheaper, more reliable (no firewire sharing conflicts), and faster. Promax has a product that lets you cram a whole bunch of SATA drives inside a G5. You could figure out how to do the same thing yourself for a cheaper price, because they just resell the solution as a convenient time-saving kit + support.