Western Digital has just announced a specialized low-profile hard drive called the PiDrive.
The 314GB drive, which will normally cost $45.81 but is currently available for $31.42 (£27.09), is a 7mm-high drive based on the basic Western Digital Blue drives that still ship in many budget and mid-end laptops and PCs. The difference is the interface, which has been changed from SATA to USB and is designed to connect to the Pi directly without drastically increasing the footprint of the device. WD says it has customized the drive in order to "reduce the electrical power load of the hard drive on Raspberry Pi while still maintaining sufficient performance to deliver maximum USB data transfer rate."
Western Digital says that the 314GB PiDrive will come with the BerryBoot bootloader to make it as easy as possible to install and run multiple operating systems from the same drive. The new PiDrive is compatible with WD's existing PiDrive cables and enclosures
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stearn
14 Mar 1621#9
Or it could just be that Pi is 3.142 and they are being clever. Goes over most heads it seems.
stearn
14 Mar 165#11
I just thought if Pi wasn't understood, infinity wouldn't be either, so rounded for simplicity :wink:
powerbrick to stearn
14 Mar 163#10
3.142 is inaccurate as pi has an infinite number of digits :stuck_out_tongue:
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krisward7955
14 Mar 16#1
$31.42 is £21. Or is that some other dollar and not USD?
sabresonic to krisward7955
14 Mar 16#5
Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price is $45.81 USD with a limited-time discount of 31.4 percent for a net price of $31.42 USD.
Looks like the Op has posted price (GBP) as per the listing on WD's UK website but the website isn't reflecting the correct price/currency conversion (or maybe it's correct for UK!).
Could be tempted for £21, bit pricey once you factor in the Pi Drive cable and enclosure...unless you don't need them.
Machar to krisward7955
14 Mar 161#6
US prices are usually quoted excluding sales tax (which varies between States) but UK prices include VAT. And the exchange rate always seems to be slightly 'pessimistic' anyway. :stuck_out_tongue:
omgpleasespamme to krisward7955
16 Mar 16#26
I would guess that $31.42 is without 20% VAT as 'sales tax' is different from state to state in the US.
praevalens
14 Mar 16#2
Why is to special?
TheUrbis
14 Mar 16#3
So it's basically one of their external drives without the housing?
BigOrkWaaagh
14 Mar 16#4
314GB?
krisward7955 to BigOrkWaaagh
14 Mar 16#7
320GB minus the gubbins, maybe
jollyfj to BigOrkWaaagh
14 Mar 16#17
3.14 is Pi
krisward7955
14 Mar 16#8
Gottya. Don't like buying with USD, never works out the same price as what Google tells me it is
stearn
14 Mar 1621#9
Or it could just be that Pi is 3.142 and they are being clever. Goes over most heads it seems.
powerbrick to stearn
14 Mar 163#10
3.142 is inaccurate as pi has an infinite number of digits :stuck_out_tongue:
stearn
14 Mar 165#11
I just thought if Pi wasn't understood, infinity wouldn't be either, so rounded for simplicity :wink:
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Western Digital has just announced a specialized low-profile hard drive called the PiDrive.
The 314GB drive, which will normally cost $45.81 but is currently available for $31.42 (£27.09), is a 7mm-high drive based on the basic Western Digital Blue drives that still ship in many budget and mid-end laptops and PCs. The difference is the interface, which has been changed from SATA to USB and is designed to connect to the Pi directly without drastically increasing the footprint of the device. WD says it has customized the drive in order to "reduce the electrical power load of the hard drive on Raspberry Pi while still maintaining sufficient performance to deliver maximum USB data transfer rate."
Western Digital says that the 314GB PiDrive will come with the BerryBoot bootloader to make it as easy as possible to install and run multiple operating systems from the same drive. The new PiDrive is compatible with WD's existing PiDrive cables and enclosures
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Looks like the Op has posted price (GBP) as per the listing on WD's UK website but the website isn't reflecting the correct price/currency conversion (or maybe it's correct for UK!).
Could be tempted for £21, bit pricey once you factor in the Pi Drive cable and enclosure...unless you don't need them.
http://www.storagereview.com/wdlabs_announces_availability_of_the_wd_pidrive_314gb_for_the_raspberry_pi
The UK reduction from £39-50 to £27.09 is that same percentage - not going to be £21.
And not sure why this "just announced a specialized low-profile hard drive called the PiDrive"
The PiDrive has been around since September last year but in a bigger capacity.
1Tb with extras for £70:
http://store.wdc.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/DisplayAccesoryProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.22586100/Accessories/WD_PiDrive_Kit/productID.325370000/categoryId.13833200
Comments here: http://liliputing.com/2015/09/wd-pidrive-is-a-1tb-hard-drive-kit-for-the-raspberry-pi.html