+rep if you can answer this

[BuzzKillington]

When talking about notebook drives, Western digital in particular...
what is the difference between "BEKT" and "BJKT" besides the "fall sensor"?

BEKT = without
BEJT = with

I ask this because I've found 320GB 7200rpm drives for 69.99 W/ sensor then 84 dollars w/o. This doesn't make any sense to me unless the "BJKT" (w/sensor) takes some sort of performance hit.

[knowledgegranted]

There is no difference between them besides the Free Fall sensor, page 2 of the western digital supports this thought//

http://www.albatros.co.uk/resources/wd_cheatsheet.pdf

It is simply just the free fall sensor.

[Luke122]

Most likely there is a surplus of stock with the fall sensor, which is why its cheaper. :)

Also, there are always people who are hesitant to buy new products that havent really been proven, so there might be some reflection of that in the price too. :)

[mtekk]

I ask this because I've found 320GB 7200rpm drives for 69.99 W/ sensor then 84 dollars w/o. This doesn't make any sense to me unless the "BJKT" (w/sensor) takes some sort of performance hit.

You have a link for that deal :D ??

[BuzzKillington]

Sure do.

eBay 69.99 w/free shipping (http://cgi.ebay.com/WD-2-5-320gb-Sata-7200rpm-Notebook-Drive-Wd3200bjkt_W0QQitemZ330323945931QQcmdZViewItemQQpt ZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item330323945931&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50)

mwave 69.99 +tax + ~$7.00 shipping (http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearch_v2.asp?scriteria=WD3200BJKT&ALL=y&TP=)

ZZF 75.99 + tax w/free shipping (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10010184&prodlist=froogle)(beats mwave's deal by almost a dollar)

I used eBay. After CA tax $76.46


EDIT: Another deal through ZZF (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008894) if you don't mind MIR's or Hitachi drives. I'd rather pay the extra money for the WD Scorpio Black though.

EDIT: Thought I'd letcha guys know that "techtreasure" on eBay = MWAVE. I got an e-mail from Processing@mwave.com saying my order has been verified and is being processed... scared the hell outta me because I didn't buy anything from mwave but I checked my order status and it showed the 69.99 w/free shipping that I got through eBay.