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Trans Intl. offers the ProStor 635i 2TB eSATA / FireWire 800 / USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for $178 plus $8 for shipping ($0.09/GB). That's $104 under the lowest total price we could find for a similar drive elsewhere. This 2TB 7200 rpm external hard drive features an aluminum casing, 64MB cache, eSATA and USB combo port, two FireWire 800 ports, and FireWire 400 port.

Of note, Trans Intl. also offers it in 1TB for $158 and in 500GB for $128, each with $8 for shipping, also price lows. (See the drop-down list at the bottom of the page.)

Note that these drives are designed to fit under an iMac base, but can be used with any Mac or PC.

TigerDirect offers the Iomega 2TB Cloud Edition Home Media Gigabit NAS External Hard Drive, model no. 34766, for $169.99. Coupon code "VCT61075" cuts it to $139.99. With free shipping, that's $0.07/GB, $5 under our mention from three weeks ago, and the lowest total price we could find now by $20. It features Gigabit Ethernet, dual USB 2.0 ports, built in UPnP AV Media Server (DLNA certified), iTunes Server, and more.

Buy.com offers the LG Super-Multi 1TB Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage Hard Drive, model no. N1A1DD1W, for $99.99 with free shipping ($0.10/GB). That's tied with our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $5. This 7200 rpm NAS drive features a Marvell 88F6281 1GHz processor, 128MB RAM, 16MB cache, USB 2.0 port, Gigabit Ethernet, and more.

MacMall via eBay offers the factory-refurbished LaCie Porsche Design P'9231 1TB Portable 3.5" External USB 2.0 Hard Drive, model no. 9000123, for $79.99 with free shipping ($0.08/GB). That's $41 under the lowest total price we could find for a new unit. It features an aluminum housing designed by F.A. Porsche.

Note that no warranty information is provided.

PC Connection Express offers the Envoy Data 500GB MXP Encrypted USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. MXOBA1500001FIPS, for $449 with free shipping ($0.90/GB). That's the lowest total price we could find by $120. It features Outbacker MXP hardware encryption, up to 480Mbps data transfer rate, and more.

Trans Intl. offers the ProStor 2TB eSATA / FireWire 800 / USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. 735, for $168 plus $8 for shipping. That's $0.09/GB, $20 under last summer's mention of a similar drive, and $4 under the lowest total price we could find now for such a drive elsewhere. This 2TB 7200 rpm external hard drive features an aluminum casing, 64MB cache, eSATA and USB combo port, two FireWire 800 ports, and FireWire 400 port.

Costco offers its members the ioSafe Solo G3 3TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, model no. SK3TB, for $299.99 with free shipping ($0.10/GB). (Non-members pay a $15 surcharge.) That's the lowest total price we could find by $103. Sales tax is added where applicable. This drive is purported to be disaster-proof against fire or flood. Offer ends June 3.

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg offers the Western Digital My Book 4TB Live Duo NAS, model no. WDBVHT0040JCH-NESN, for $379.99. Coupon code "EMCNENF59" drops it to $299.99. With free shipping, that's $0.07/GB, $30 under our January mention, and the lowest total price we've seen. (It's also a current price low by $58.) It features two 2TB hard drives, 800MHz processor, RAID 1 mirroring, SATA interface, and more. It also includes "Personal Cloud Storage" which allows you to access your files (and stream video and music) from any computer or mobile device.

Trans Intl. offers the ProStor 750GB eSATA / FireWire 800 / USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. 725, for $138 plus $8 for shipping. That's $0.19/GB and only $20 more than our mention from last week of a 500GB version of this drive. It's also the lowest total price we could find for a portable quad-interface hard drive of this size and speed. This 750GB 7200 rpm external hard drive features an aluminum casing, 16MB cache, eSATA and USB combo port, FireWire 800 port, and FireWire 400 port.