On Tue, May 22, 2007 3:12 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 5/22/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 22, 2007 2:17 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > >> > 2) Invest in 500GB disk drives because that is the current >> > price/capacity sweet spot. >> > >> > carl >> > >> >> And what (and where) is the sweet price? >> > > Read the Fry's ads in the daily paper. Or < http://www.frys.com >. I > tossed out yesterday's paper so I can't read the ad there. One of > these days I will figure out Fry's newspaper advertising schedule. > > Today's online special is 500GB Maxtor SATA for $99.99 including shipping. > Last week I think it was the equivalent Seagate for not much more. > > Sometimes PATA (nee ATA) drives go for the same price. Just have to > follow the market. > > carl
Pardon, but this is Lan. Is SATA better than PATA? Other way around? (What I wouldn't give for a 500 G ATA-boy :-/ ) -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
