I switched my old 12 Gig Pismo HD with a 40 Gig 5400 rpm, 16 Meg Buffer, Toshiba. Amazingly quiet and fast. I probably got my speed doubled on OS 9.
N on 7/2/03 4:05 PM, Gene Bogart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> First: >>> I plan to swap out my noisy & buggy old IBM Travelstar 20 MB. >>> But what new drive I should get ? >> >> I got the IBM (Toshiba?) Travelstar 40GNX, 5400 rpm, fluid bearing >> mechanism, very quiet, very quick. > > I second that; the IBM Travelstar 40GNX (which has an 8Meg buffer, btw) is > remarkably fast (noticeably sped up my Pismo 400) and very quiet, much more > so than the original drive. Money well spent! > > GB > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
