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#212804 - 12/04/2004 10:48 Cheap drives!
Phoenix42 veteran Registered: 21/03/2002 Posts: 1424 Loc: MA but Irish born	Lifted from techbargains.com : Dell Small Biz Software & Peripherals has 30% off Dell branded storage peripherals through Wed 4/14. Dell 60GB 4200RPM 2MB Buffer 2.5" ATA-5 drive with 13ms seek time, quiet FDB motors for $104.30 shipped free. Search for Item 340-9564 80GB 4200RPM 8MB Buffer ATA-6 drive 12ms seek time for $139.30 shipped free. Search for 341-0193
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#212805 - 12/04/2004 11:48 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: Phoenix42]
bodybag addict Registered: 07/03/2002 Posts: 504 Loc: Southern California	Thanks, got one! BTW, This price is only good through "Dell Small Business", be carefull not to click on Home Office or Large Business when the search returns what it found. If you do. you'll end up paying $199. _________________________ Bodybag - So Cal Not a Whiner any more!!!
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#212806 - 12/04/2004 22:04 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: Phoenix42]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	Hm, but what are those drives under the Dell branding? Are they the Hitachi / IBM's or Fujitsu's that work with empegs so well? (it is Fujitsu, right?) I wonder if the empeg is as pickey with these newer different-brand drives. _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#212807 - 13/04/2004 08:13 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: FireFox31]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	Greetings! Last time I bought from Dell in this manner, they were the IBM/Hitachi variations. I am not sure about this round, though. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#212808 - 13/04/2004 11:28 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: FireFox31]
bodybag addict Registered: 07/03/2002 Posts: 504 Loc: Southern California	FWIW, I have IBM drives in all my Empegs and have had NO problems . I've only had one drive give me any issues and it was a Toshiba. _________________________ Bodybag - So Cal Not a Whiner any more!!!
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#212809 - 13/04/2004 12:42 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: bodybag]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14486 Loc: Canada	My dead drives, and those from units I've repaired for others, are all IBMs. That also applies to Desktop drives, too. -ml
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#212810 - 13/04/2004 22:46 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: mlord]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	I've always heard bad things about IBM WreckStar's on the desktop. But, I also heard that they were just Western Digital's; my personally most trusted drive. The IBM's are right up there with the Quantum LeadFoot's (namely in old Gateways) that always blow a chip on the underside. But I digress... _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#212811 - 14/04/2004 07:36 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: FireFox31]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14486 Loc: Canada	They were victims of "bad plastic" used on certain chips for a couple of years back.. there was a big writeup about it not so long ago. Cheers
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#212812 - 14/04/2004 14:33 Re: Cheap drives! [Re: FireFox31]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	But, I also heard that they were just Western Digital's This is definitly not true. IBM had their own storage research division, and made their own drives. Recently, they sold that division to Hitachi.
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