On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 02:19, dbneeley <[email protected]> wrote: > I am taking the original 5400 rpm, 500 GB drive and putting it in an external > case for use as a backup drive. I am replacing it in the machine with another > 500 GB > drive--a Seagate hybrid, which is a 7200 rpm unit with a 4 GB solid state > hard disk element built in. The drive firmware is supposed to move those > files that are > most frequently accessed into the solid state portion, so it should run much > faster than a conventional hard drive while having a far more reasonable > price than a > full solid state disk. This hybrid cost me $139 at a CompUSA in Dallas.
Good luck with that. :) I'm interested in knowing what you think of that hybrid drive when you have used it for a bit. I've read some reviews on those units but until know didn't know of anyone in the wild who had one, so I'm curious to know what your experience with it is, and whether the 4GB buffer is worth the extra money for everyday use. As for stores, we used to have both CompUSA and Tiger Direct here in Raleigh, but CompUSA went under (Tiger Direct was always better on prices anyway). I just WISH there was a Fry's here... I hit them up every time I'm on the west coast... the ones I've been in are so much nice than the Tiger Direct stores... we have two in Raleigh and Durham, and both look like a ghetto K-Mart full of Computer/Electronics stuff... cramped dirty aisles, lots of boxes, badly set up displays... but they DO have good prices that even make the 45-50 mile drive worth it for me sometimes... Cheers Jeff ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
