Rain equipment is so overpriced...

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I can't imagine. Their website reads like the computer equivalent of an environmentalist propaganda magazine---all feel good, with no actual content.
 
their 100gig 2.5" portable drives are $300

I got my 60gig for $75 and there's a 120gig one for like $120.
 
ProphetMuhammad said:
their 100gig 2.5" portable drives are $300

I got my 60gig for $75 and there's a 120gig one for like $120.
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Yikes! Since the high end 100 gig laptop drives only cost about $120 each for the bare drive, that means that their USB/FireWire case costs $180! For that price, I'd expect it to at least be FireWire 800....
 
dgatwood said:
Yikes! Since the high end 100 gig laptop drives only cost about $120 each for the bare drive, that means that their USB/FireWire case costs $180! For that price, I'd expect it to at least be FireWire 800....
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um it's not that high end either.... same ol' 2.5" hard drive, 5400rpm. it does have two firewire ports and one usb for daisychaining via firewire but even then, a different brand with the exact same specs (yes, even the connectability) is $120 at newegg.com

Ouch.

i understand the high price on their computer, supposedly it's completely silent.... but that's probably an exaggeration and even then it's still overpriced
 
There are other builders out there who build a machine that is silent and powerful for alot less money. Rain is great at marketing and website building, I'll give them that.
 
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