Re: Harddisk sugguestion?

[Mark Hurley <debian4tux@telocity.com>]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:15:23PM -0400, Daniel Freedman wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2001, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:

> Hi.  Based on current bang for the buck, I'd go for a 40 Gb rather
> than 10-20Gb.  It seems to be the sweet spot in pricing right now.
> The 10-20Gb start at 60-70, while the 40Gb start at 90.  It seems
> worthwhile to get 4x the capacity for the extra $20-30.  As for

<rambling>

<2 cents>

I agree ... But there are always two sides. In a few years would you
rather have two 20's or one 40? *If* the 40 dies you *could* lose it 
all!  (yeah I know not a great argument)

</2 cents>

<digression>
I remember my first hard drive.  30 Megs for around $384 on an 8088!
That was a luxury compared to swapping those six 5.25's of Leisure 
Suit Larry....ahh lets go back to cassette tapes (TI-994A).

Those were the days!
</digression>

</rambling>

Time to add another drive to this lovely 266! Thanks for the reminder!
;)

Mark