External Hard Drive to Internal

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Taking out Seagate Barrucuda from Backup Plus Drive

I needed to replace my 2TB drives in my Drobo with higher capacities.  The cheapest name brand drives this holiday season all happened to be external hard drives.  Seems internal drives command a 25% or more premium.  Earlier during Cyber Monday week, I posted a few deals on external hard drives from Seagate which all happen to be Seagate Backup Plus drives.

The hard drives inside are actually Seagate Barracuda drives are sufficient for my light duty Drobo 5N NAS which I setup with dual drive redundancy.

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Best Buy Milpitas = Shop Elsewhere

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The problem is customer service.  They put themselves above customers - to them, its ingrained that the customer is always wrong.  What they don't understand is, that I get much better service from other Best Buys, why would I bother going back?  Me, who has been a Silver Rewards Plus Elite (whatever its called) member since the inception of the program.  

In all, I'd say I've purchased on average 4 laptops, 6 cameras, 2 projectors, and recommended countless other items and business to Best Buy annually.  If they counted the program by how much I spend with them, I'd have several years of premiere membership with them based on what I've purchased this year alone.  

If its in stock at Best Buy, I usually try to get it there.  Best Buy (and Fry's Electronics), are one of the few remaining brick and mortar shops that I'd like to see still in business.

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Best Travel Pocket Camera for 2013

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I get asked this periodically - as I'm sure many photographers get asked all the time.  And the simplest answer is - the one you've got with you.  For most people, its their smartphone.

But, for those of us that want an actual separate physical camera for the best quality may want to consider what I feel is the best pocket travel digital camera overall: Sony DSC-RX100M II.

Why is it the best overall for me and many people?

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