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    Well, I can get a 160GB Lacie drive for £70 or a 250GB for £90.

    A colleague has one, and it seems quite strong and well made, plus they have a 2 year warranty, so I think I may go for one of these and see how I get on...

    I may consider an IcyBox for home use though!

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    The icy box is really nice. Keeps my seagate very cool as it's basically 2 slabs of aluminium on either side as a heatsink and vents on the sides to allow air to flow around the drive so no noisey fan required.

    Might even be worth getting one warranty wise if you stick a seagate drive in because of their 5 year warranties.

    Having said that the Lacie drive comes as a sealed box so might make your boss feel better and they are meant to be nice drives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Antsss
    Well, I can get a 160GB Lacie drive for £70 or a 250GB for £90.

    A colleague has one, and it seems quite strong and well made, plus they have a 2 year warranty, so I think I may go for one of these and see how I get on...

    I may consider an IcyBox for home use though!

    Cheers

    Ant
    How can you get them so cheap?

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    I hadn't realised Seagate had 5 year warranties!

    Marcos, I work for a school, so we get the VAT back...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Antsss
    I hadn't realised Seagate had 5 year warranties!

    Marcos, I work for a school, so we get the VAT back...

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    Lucky bast....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marcos
    Lucky bast....

    Very handy when buying stuff for the school and for me to use at school! But thats about it. I still pay VAT for all my personal stuff of course, I'm not that lucky....

    Ant

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