Thanks Phil. We'll here's one with TWO fans, and a sort of roll-your-own approach as well: http://www.firewire-1394.com/ibm-120gb-drive-firevue-bundle.htm#requirements I t's another IBM Deskstar 120GXP. Anybody had any trouble with these Deskstars?
Tom At 1:11 AM -0600 07/11/2002, Philip Stortz wrote: >i would never buy a drive without knowing who actually made the thing, >there's far too much trash out there to trust vendors who don't think >you need to know, it's a bad business practice and such companies should >not be dealt with. i'd also suggest trying other vendors, >dirtcheapdrives.com is one good one. shop around for price in any case. > i'd say an external hard drive should definitely have a fan, despite >the noise unless it's going to be in a well air conditioned room and you >are not going to put anything on top of it and are going to leave plenty >of air space around it. i'm assuming you're talking about a firewire >drive? note that you can buy the case and firewire interface part >separate from the drive so you can "roll your own". i've never been >impressed by club mac, and they'll send you flyers forever, if you >aren't careful they'll also send you their club pc (or whatever they >call it) flyers, it's the same outfit with several fronts. > >Tom Baker wrote: >> >> I need extra storage for my G4 733, and decided to go for a 120 MB external >> firewire drive. >> >> So I'm trying to decide between one sold by ClubMac and another by >> Otherworld Computing. The links are >> http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=3816&Item=OWCMEFW120GB and >> http://www.clubmac.com/clubmac/shop/detail.asp?dpno=505565 >> >> The Otherworld drive uses an IBM DeskStar 120GXP 7200rpm 8.5ms 2MB Cache >> ATA/100. >> >> Club Mac doesn't say what's in theirs e4xcept that it's also 7200 rpm >> >> The ClubMac drive is $259 and the Otherworld drive is $280. >------ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
