Here’s a great deal on an external hard drive that’s perfect for backups: A refurb 500GB My Book drive for $35 + $5 shipping.
newegg.com offers the factory-refurbished Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. WDH1U5000N, for $34.99 with $4.99 for shipping ($0.08/GB). That’s $10 under our February mention and $42 under the lowest total price we could find for a new one. (It’s also the least expensive 500GB external hard drive we’ve seen.) It runs at 7200 rpm and features an 8MB cache. Note that newegg lists a 1-day Western Digital warranty, possibly in error.
Model Number: WDH1U5000N
