Addax

Today:[URL=http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?category_id=476&keyword=&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&sku=A0100230&mnfsku=&SearchType=&Page=productlisting.aspx&spagenum=1&Pageb4Search=&InStock=&items_per_page=25&orderby=&image_flag=True&refurbished=&c=us&l=en&cs=19&iCompatid=]1Gb Kingston at Dell Home [/URL]

Tomorrow probably same item will be $142 + tax AR at Dell Business

joba

Thanks for the heads up :) Just ordered mine.

Cheryl

I sure do hate those rebates! Wish they would just cut right to the bottom line. :cool:

Eric1285

So Dell business is coming out with 20% tomorrow?

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Addax

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Eric1285 [/i]
[B]So Dell business is coming out with 20% tomorrow? [/B][/QUOTE]
Looks like, but probably to addition to tax they will charge for shipment also. If so Home 15% better for me then Business 20% :blush:.

hypnotoad

Yeah, I wouldn't wait till tomorrow... Dell Business does charge tax so it's not really worth it.

hypnotoad

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Akira

1 GB SanDisk CF card $160 from Dell (no rebate):

[url]http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A0006297[/url]

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acsurfer

:mad: grrrrrr. I just order a 512mb for $84.00...hmmm...still a good deal :D

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derring dodette

I'm with you, Cheryl. Mfgrs must get a large number of people who never send in the rebates... they certainly use this come-on toooo frequently!

I'd like this, but will wait for the $80 one. :D

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geneb

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by acsurfer [/i]
[B]:mad: grrrrrr. I just order a 512mb for $84.00...hmmm...still a good deal :D [/B][/QUOTE]

$84.00? $84.00? Where did you find a 512MB CF for $84.00? The cheapest that I have seen was a SanDisk for $97.00 and when I got to the checkout screen the price and been increased to $114.00!

acsurfer

Here it is... [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MIS8/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Felt%5Fl1/103-3039123-4120656[/url]

You have till May 31 then the rebate is up. You get free shipping (sweet) but be sure to ckeck the "Super Saver Discount" during checkout. That's your free shipping on orders over $100.00

My order is in so i'll let you all know how I do when it comes.

BTW, geneb you made my day. I feel good that I found a good deal;)

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derring dodette

Fifteen cents a meg is a good price right now! :D I paid $0.15 a meg for my 256 card, and am happy.

In 6 months we'll ALL be looking back and shaking our heads, but that's life in electronics.

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joba

Just got my card. The disk states that it has 1024 MB storage but only shows 976.20 when installed into the AXIM.

Huh? Did I miss somthing in the fine print?:sad:

Joba

acsurfer

Yeah joba, I bought the Viking 512mb and it shows 487.06mb :mad: I guess they just round it off.

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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by acsurfer [/i]
[B]Yeah joba, I bought the Viking 512mb and it shows 487.06mb :mad: I guess they just round it off. [/B][/QUOTE]
Here is an excellent explanation I found for this.

Storage is advertised as 1,000 bytes = 1KB. However, computers actually consider 1,024 bytes = 1KB.

Real Storage
8 bits = 1 byte.
1,024 bytes = 1 kilobyte (KB).
1,024 KB = 1 megabyte (MB)
1,024 MB = 1 gigabyte (GB)
1,024 GB = 1 terabyte (TB)

In the marketing world,
1,000 bytes = 1 KB
1,000 KB = 1 MB
1,000 MB = 1 GB
1,000 GB = 1 TB

So, if you do the math:

A storage card advertised as 512MB has the following number of bytes:
512,000,000 bytes
or 500,000 kilobytes
or 488.28 MB

A storage card advertised as 1024MB has the following number of bytes:
512,000,000 bytes
or 1,000,000 kilobytes
or 976.56 MB

A Drive advertised as 100GB has the following number of bytes:
100,000,000,000 bytes.
or 97,656,250 kilobytes
or 95,367 MB
or 93.13 GB

Basically, the bigger the card or drive the more space you are "losing".
.9765 bytes -> kilobytes (KB) a loss of 3% of advertised capacity.
.9536 KB -> Megabytes (MB) a loss of 4.7% of advertised capacity.
.9313 MB -> Gigabytes (GB) a loss of 6.8% of advertised capacity.
.9094 GB -> Terabytes (TB) a loss of 9.1% of advertised capacity.
.8882 TB -> Petabytes (PB) a loss of 11.1% of advertised capacity.
.8674 PB -> Exabytes (EB) a loss of 13.3% of advertised capacity.
.8470 EB -> Zettabytes (ZB) a loss of 15.3% of advertised capacity.
.8272 ZB -> Yottabytes (YB) a loss of 17.3% of advertised capacity.

Leave it to the marketing guys to come up with such a confusing system!!!