External devices would take lots more abuse. Heck, just forgetting to properly disconnect, or losing power/connection, can cause total data loss.
FWIW, I haven't seen this price disparity. Externals are always $30 or more for the case. Unless you count sale prices, in which case it may be overstock of older smaller drives pushing the low end. On Feb 1, 2008 5:21 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Externals usually warranty around a year...internals as much as five. > > Mike > > On Feb 1, 2008 10:49 AM, Matthew Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > If I had to guess, warranty issues - internal tend to have longer > > warranties than the external. > > > > Matthew > > > > On Feb 1, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > > > Why do internal drives cost more than external drives these days? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
