On Oct 10, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Diane wrote:
>> 120 GB drives haven't been manufactured for the better part of a >> decade. > > My 2003 G4 FW800 came with one..... My last "new" 120 GB drives were bought in Aug of 04, and those drives were Apple-branded, but were industrial surplus, purchased from Fry's Electronics at a steep discount, and without the Apple warranty, but with the remaining manufacturer warranty. Four-twelfths (33 percent) may not be "the better part of a decade", but it is surely "a significant part of a decade". 160 GB drives were then Fry's smallest offering for drives sold as brand-new retail-packaged items, with full manufacturer warranty. The disk drive business is perhaps the most competitive business of all, with models being revised perhaps every eight weeks. It is completely cut-throat, and when one distributor lowered its price of Seagate 1 TB SATA drives down to $129, another distributor lowered the price of Hitachi/IBM 1 TB SATA drives down to $109 after mail-in rebate ($139 retail price before rebate) with a maximum number of such drives per person per household to four. Naturally, I had just bought two at the $129 price. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
