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As of last night they had it at both Best Buy and Amazon online. As a Prime member Amazon will ship it free in 2 days. You can order online or buy at Best Buy also with no shipping charges if you pick up at store.
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I've dealt with Adorama many times, they are a good vendor, mostly for digital camera equipment...
Could not resist the price drop, so bought the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB $99.99 at Amazon.
Free shipping, but had to pay Tax, so Total was $106.99
I was actually going to buy the 840 Pro 128gb...but this was to good to pass on.
Congrats! That is how I was enticed to get one for my laptop..
The problem is Amazon has distribution centers in many states, so they charge taxes for those states. But still a good deal.
Here is the kicker though: The Samsung 840 comes with an installation CD. However, unless you want to make a recovery media and then replace the drives and re-load the recovery file, the easiest way is to have a SATA USB adapter ( transfer cable) handy for a painless exchange. This cable thing costs somewhere from $5-15 depending on USB-3 or USB-2, if you do not have one.
If you go this option, you might want to buy or order one from Amazon also to arrive at the same time.
*** Warning about the Samsung 840 EVO series ---
I was doing some reading about "gradual performance degredation bug", Samsung has released a FIX in the form of a firmware fix, be sure to do this immediately after installing the drive, to ensure optimum performance...not sure if the firmware fix is already in the new units or not..but it's probably a good idea to run the software just to be sure..
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software- link below will take you to the Samsung software-firmware FIX...
