HOLY COW - anybody see today's woot.com?
- Thread starter MtnBikerChk
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Damn, I got screwed.
i just bought this for five bucks cheaper than that stupid thing. i'm gonna walk down at the Boardwalk and score chicks while i listen to my Night Ranger tape.
Dang - I never even knew it was a real site! 
Skookum said:i just bought this for five bucks cheaper than that stupid thing. i'm gonna walk down at the Boardwalk and score chicks while i listen to my Night Ranger tape.
Don't forget to wear your OP shorts and Izod polo shirt with the collar tuned up!
Thanks for the tip!N8 said:
i mean fashion tips from N8... how can i NOT score?
Skookum said:
Dude! That's how I hooked up with Molly Ringwald and Phoebe Cates!
what did everyone else pay?
it's $369 at buy.com, but no rebate (well, a $100 one if join some music club thing for a year at $15/month)
it's $369 at buy.com, but no rebate (well, a $100 one if join some music club thing for a year at $15/month)
Damn, I didn't know those things were so expensive.
You can buy a Pocket PC for much cheaper and it does so much more.
Echo said:
the profit on those has to be sick
funny thing is, that stuff is hot againg (OP & Izod). N8 must watch the OC too.Skookum said:
I think that can be said for about 90% of the stuff we (consumers) buy.douglas said:
I just knew my pointy-toed 'Winkle-Picker' boots with skull buckles would come back into fashion again!TN said:funny thing is, that stuff is hot againg (OP & Izod). N8 must watch the OC too.
http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/
There's one on Amazon for $275...
Apple 40 GB iPod M9268LL/A
by Apple Computer
Is there a difference between the Apple 40 GB and the Apple 40GB/HP?
$275.00
Low Price New Seller: sc00by561 (Safe buying guarantee)
Rating: (Seller Profile)
Availability: Item usually ships in 1-2 business days; Ships from FL, United States.
See shipping rates
Comments: BRAND NEW IN BOX WITH WARRENTY
Apple 40 GB iPod M9268LL/A
by Apple Computer
Is there a difference between the Apple 40 GB and the Apple 40GB/HP?
$275.00
Low Price New Seller: sc00by561 (Safe buying guarantee)
Rating: (Seller Profile)
Availability: Item usually ships in 1-2 business days; Ships from FL, United States.
See shipping rates
Comments: BRAND NEW IN BOX WITH WARRENTY
I think that's the problem.Jr_Bullit said:
and no, there is no difference other than the HP name and the HP one doesn't come with the firewire cable (I'm told by the people at the Apple store).
Mmm.. Rio Carbon...stosh said:
Lazy bastard.stosh said:
My Rio Nitrous just crapped out on me. Tiny hard drives are stupid.binary visions said:
Warrenty?Westy said:
binary visions said:
almost spit my water out at my computer screen!
MFG weraintee expired, fortunately I bought an extended service program with it. So I can apply the purchase cost to another item. I'll just get one with 512 mb of flash memory. No moving parts to fail. Who the hell needs to carry around 10,000 freakin songs anyway.binary visions said:
damn...i knew i shoulda never sold my 1985 IROC-Z CamaroTN said:funny thing is, that stuff is hot againg (OP & Izod). N8 must watch the OC too.
I dunno.. I'm inclined to believe this is more of an isolated incident than a widespread problem with tiny hard drives. If it's not an isolated incident, well, there are going to be a whole lot of Microdrive users - photographers, videographers and the like - who should have been clamoring for a fix already.Westy said:
I agree that the flash devices are far more bulletproof, though.
I'm tempted to go with a flash device and just buy a few large memory cards... It would be more expensive up front, but may last longer in the end.
Sold out!MtnBikerChk said:
i guess it depends on what the player was doing when it died. i'd never take the risk of using my HDD-based mp3 player if it could be subject to hits or knocks, personally. that's what flash-based stuff is for.binary visions said:
I got my 30GB when they first came out like a year and a half ago. Glad I got it then, before it really took off. Now it's almost full and I need a new one..damn. Anyone have a 10gig I could buy? (Mac)
Actually, I know of several who use it for performance reasons. The Microdrives are faster than the flash based media, and I know some people who shoot exclusively in raw, and the write times are better with the Microdrives.Toshi said:i don't know of any photographers who actually choose to use microdrives when flash is an option, except for the few weirdos who took apart ipod minis to get those 4 GB hitachi drives right when they came out.
Regardless, it's a pretty widespread media type to simply crash and burn with any regularity. I stand by my "isolated incident" statement
(not isolated in that it's the only time it has happened, isolated in that it's not widespread and common).Normally you're spot on BV but not this time. Check the linkbinary visions said:Actually, I know of several who use it for performance reasons. The Microdrives are faster than the flash based media, and I know some people who shoot exclusively in raw, and the write times are better with the Microdrives.
Regardless, it's a pretty widespread media type to simply crash and burn with any regularity. I stand by my "isolated incident" statement
http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7303
Write speed results in a 20D:
Sandisk Extreme III 1GB compact flash 5.983 MB/sec for a RAW file
Hitachi 4GB Microdrive 3.587 MB/sec for a RAW file
nah, those are still redneck.Hello Kitty said:
'tis true, the most recent bout of Compact Flash cards has superceded the microdrives in the speed wars. The Ultra II cards were faster than the Microdrives, and with the Extreme III cards coming out (are they actually available yet?), it's no contest.Mike B. said:
My statement wasn't intended to be so blanket, actually. From the perspective of the photographers I spoke of, they have a collection of memory cards that were purchased a while back, and are not going to throw 'em all away and replace them with Extreme III CF cards. From their perspective, Microdrive was faster than CF at the time, which is why they chose them.
Good catch, though, what was in my head and what was in the post didn't jive
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I'm SOO confused. I goto woot.com and see a motorcycle thing for 29.99
It changes every day. There was an iPod there ysterday. That motorcycle looks cool though.Arsbars said:
