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Oddly enough, I just bought a 1 TB networked HD for $99: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-GoFlex-Home-STAM1000100/dp/B003SU4BXQ http://www.amazon.com/Sea

Oddly enough, I just bought a 1 TB networked HD for $99: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-GoFlex-Home-STAM1000100/dp/B003SU4BXQ http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-GoFlex-Home-STAM1000... which seems so far unaffected by the price increases. This leads to the odd situation where it would be cheaper to buy the enclosure, rip the hard drive out and throw the rest in the trash than to buy a naked drive. edit: even cheaper: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-GoFlex-External-STAC1000100/dp/B003ELOSIW/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1320573233&sr=1-12 http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-GoFlex-External-STAC... 3TB for $132 compared to $250 for the naked drive.

uxp 15y ago
You should note that most companies flag the serial numbers of the drives inside bundled enclosures. I had a 1TB WD MyBook I picked up some years ago, eventually installing the drive in my tower some time later, and just under the 3 year warranty it started failing. When looking into getting it replaced the drive's serial number would always return the MyBook product, not the WD10EACS that was inside it. If I was to return it, I would have to re-install it into the enclosure, and make sure the "warranty is void if broken" sticker which I naturally broke removing the drive, was unbroken. I've also seen similar with Seagate FreeAgent bundled external drives.