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When it comes to computing i would disgree, with the rapid leaps that were going on, it didnt make sense to buy the old super marked down stuff because the newer stuff already gave more performance/capacity per dollar spent. it might be great to see some old seagate 500 GBs marked down heavily from their original MSRP until you realize the 2TB one with the 20% discount is a lot cheaper per TB.