Posted on December 10, 2007
Just a few days ago, my mom asked me what Christmas present I wanted. Of course, I would tell her something that I WANT and NEED. And that is an external hard drive for my laptop because I am running out of space, plus, I need to have my laptop dual booted for the sake of thesis which starts next year by the end of May. She told me to look for one and tell her the price. And I did as soon as I got the time with Vinno to actually go to a mall after our hell of a week.
Searching and searching, we landed at Power Mac Center at Greenbelt 3, Makati City - where I usually buy my laptop accessories since it is the only Mac Center near… And the first external hard disk that I saw was the Iomega MiniMax which has 500GB memory, 3 USB ports which can serve as hubs, 2 Firewire 400 ports which can also serve as hubs. Next best thing about it is that it is stackable with a Mac Mini… Meaning it is as wide as a Mac Mini - not that I planned on buying one but the space that it occupies is what I first thought about. 500GB, 250GB for Windows, and another 250 as additional hard disk for my Mac, not bad, right…?
That’s what we thought until we saw the price… It was Php 14,000 (roughly around $300) :shock: Well, I can’t actually expect something cheaper, right…? So anyway, I told my mom about it when we were off to SM to shop. And she was like, “What!” That’s when I explained to her about the other hard drives out there that are MORE expensive than this. I don’t know what she thought about next… But the next day (which was just yesterday morning) my dad went into my room and asked me about the hard drive. And yeah… Typical dad’s… Looks like they’re not giving it to me this Christmas… Even though I needed it…. Sigh… Guess I’ll just have to save enough money for it… Vinno said that they MIGHT surprise me though… I don’t know…
Here’s an image of the MiniMax 500GB which looks just like a Mac Mini… Got it straight from Iomega-asia
And so that is it… I hope I have enough money before the start of our 4th year in college… Sigh…
