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  • Cheap Data Storage!!!

    Maxtor 160GB 5400RPM ATA-133 drives are now $599 at CWS. That's under $3.75 per gigabyte!

  • #2
    you can buy one of them for me and in exchange, i'll give you $100 :p
    TweakTown SETI@home Team

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    • #3
      That is not bad at all, but I perfer the extra speed from 7,200RPM drives... :)
      Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot
      Managing Director
      Tweak Town Pty Ltd

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      • #4
        Tweak!

        Thats why he said STORAGE.... your mp3's and vcd's don't need 2K rpm, much less 5.4K rpm.........

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        • #5
          My humble aplogies to you dear sir.
          Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot
          Managing Director
          Tweak Town Pty Ltd

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          • #6
            No vicious intent implied. :/

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            • #7
              Well from Maxtor's site it looks as if this drive has 40GB/platter capacity, at 5400RPM this would stomp all over 7200RPM Drives with a 20GB/platter capacity :)

              They haven't gone to 40GB/platter in 7200RPM yet because of the very fine engineering needed to make the drives - it is possible but who wants to buy a A$2,000 Hard Drive? :confused:
              What came first - Insanity or Society?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Albinus
                it is possible but who wants to buy a A,000 Hard Drive? :confused:
                *cough* SCSI *cough*
                TweakTown SETI@home Team

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Andy


                  *cough* SCSI *cough*

                  Sorry Mr. Pedantic...... I was meaning "ordinary consumers"..... not "mega rich businesses that have ****loads of cash" :D
                  What came first - Insanity or Society?

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                  • #10
                    ooohh... ok, i get ya now ;)
                    TweakTown SETI@home Team

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Albinus



                      Sorry Mr. Pedantic...... I was meaning "ordinary consumers"..... not "mega rich businesses that have ****loads of cash" :D
                      But in that case their companies would pay for it anyway... :)
                      Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot
                      Managing Director
                      Tweak Town Pty Ltd

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Mr.Tweak


                        But in that case their companies would pay for it anyway... :)

                        I have come across several companies that won't touch anything but SCSI hard drives - and they're more than prepared to pay for them :eek:
                        What came first - Insanity or Society?

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