2 Terabyte External Hard Drive for $69.99

UPDATE: The sale was available when I wrote this article an hour ago. Now the web site says, "Currently out of stock."

I can't say that I am surprised. That's a great price. It's no wonder they sold out quickly.

UPDATE #2: A 1 terabyte Seagate external hard drive is available from BestBuy for $50. See http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20023930-58.html?tag=nl.e796 for details.

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In the nearly 15 years I have been publishing this newsletter, I think I have written the following statement at least twenty times: "Prices of disk storage continue to drop." Indeed, the price of storing megabytes or even gigabytes of information has dropped rapidly ever since the first computers appeared. The trend isn't slowing down. If anything, it is accelerating.

The Staples Cyber Monday deals include a 2 terabyte Western Digital External hard disk drive for $69.99. The low price is only available online, not in the stores.  Because it is an external drive, you can plug it into the USB port on any modern Windows or Macintosh computer, and start using it within five minutes or so. You do not have to open the case of your computer or even use a screwdriver. There is no need to load new drivers. Just plug it in and go.

Western Digital is the second largest computer hard disk drives manufacturer in the world, (after Seagate) and offers excellent warranties. Staples also offers the company's own "return it if you are not satisfied" guarantee. This is not a no-name product sold at some discount store.

The sale is for today and tomorrow only (November 28 and 29). You can read more at http://goo.gl/1WzrD

Now you can back up your genealogy files, family photographs, and everything else!