Aldi 320 Gig External Drive

Lump

€180.

http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_1912.html

Looks good!

Lots of other nice offers there too!

John

monkeyfudge

External DVD burner as well.. very nice

http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_1913.html

Lump

Yea, roll on September when I have enough cash for buying stuff

kippy

Just as a matter of interest,
There are 320 gig USB2 external toshiba drives in Currys at the moment for 169.99.
I got one last Friday week in the Galway brance-PC world being part of the same group, are also doing them I think.
Kippy

zilog_jones

Yeah they are.

darragh o meara

I use one of the aldi ones everyday and they are a serious piece of kit. they're well put together and work a treat well worth a purchase.

garthv

Medion use Western Digital drives so they are top notch
If only I had the cash for this!

savemejebus

monkeyfudge wrote:

External DVD burner as well.. very nice

http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_1913.html

the external dvd looks like it could be a rebadged lg superdrive, which are excellent burners

Kelter

As I'm a computer chump, could anyone comment on the laptop they have available. Is it worth a look?

savemejebus

as long as you don't want to play games it seems pretty good. It has got a very small screen which is great for travelling but not so great if you intend using it as a desktop replacement

dawballz

GF got one of those laptops a while back.
The battery is excellent.
She gets about 3 - 3.5 hours out of it(just word processing and internet etc).

Deadlocked

Just bought one now, tis legend.

Ya its a Western digital!

monkeyfudge

savemejebus wrote:

the external dvd looks like it could be a rebadged lg superdrive, which are excellent burners

It's actually a SONY DVD RW DW-G121A.

I'm very impressed with it. It's even Mac compatable, although I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the Lightscribe stuff working on the Mac.

feckidyparp

HOLD YER HORSES THERE!!!! Log on to www.komplett.ie and search for light scribe. I ordered a burner from them with 10 light scribe DVDs and it set me back 68 yoyos including shipping


Samsung DVD±RW burner, SH-S162L, 16x, Dual, LightScribe, DVDRAM, White OEM 45 euros

monkeyfudge

feckidyparp wrote:

Samsung DVD±RW burner, SH-S162L, 16x, Dual, LightScribe, DVDRAM, White OEM 45 euros

That's an internal drive. €75 + another €10 or so for delivery is the best they have for an external drive.

savemejebus

do you need to use patchburn for mac compatibility?

monkeyfudge

savemejebus wrote:

do you need to use patchburn for mac compatibility?

Nope.. I just plugged it in and it was recognised.

I used Toast and it spotted the drive and burned the disc no problem.

I also bought the €15 Webcam... it's a nice little unit, but alas my Powerbook doesn't recognise it.

savemejebus

cool, thanks for the info, was gonna order the Lg gsa2166d but this is tempting me now..