Mac stores in Indianapolis (a little OT)

[Jim Richter]

I apologize for a topic without any real Powerbook content, but I have a
question for any fellow Hoosiers on the list.  I'm relocating back to
Indiana after living in Austin, TX the last 3 years.  I'm moving to Indy and
would like to know of any Mac resources there (retailer, used Mac stores,
etc) other than CompUSA (there is still one in Castleton?).  I already know
about the MUG group there; I'm mainly interested in stores/shops.  I've
gotten fairly spoiled down here in Austin in satisfying any Mac fix I might
have, and would just like to know where I can go other than going to CompUSA
or making the drive to an Apple store in Cincinnati or Chicago.

Jim R.


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Re: Availability of VST 10 Gig Expansion Bay HDs

[Jim Richter]

> Ordered them the same day here, got them yesterday.  However, both have
> problems if I try to erase or repartition them under 10.1.3 with Disk
> Utility, and both had problems copying files in the brief period I tried
> them (literally about five minutes with both), failing with error -37 if I
> remember correctly.  Are you having any problems with yours?  If not,
> could you do some representative function test under OS X and post the
> results here so I can try to duplicate it with mine?
>


I erased mine using Disk Utility under X and reformatted as HFS+ volume
(only one partition).  No problem doing it.  I've been using it as a disk
for rendering video and have had no problems.  I just copied 100megs from my
documents folder to test it for you and got no error.  Don't know what to
say other than that.  What kind of "representative function test" are you
looking for?  Let me know and I'll try it.

Jim


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Re: Availability of VST 10 Gig Expansion Bay HDs

[Jim Richter]

> BTW, I note now that SmartDisk has removed the expansion bay HDs from its
> product pages - so that's presumably the end of them. Old stock elsewhere
> (still at shoplet?) maybe - or MCE is your other choice (though costs $$).
> 
> (still waiting on WorldWide Express to deliver my VST drive :-( but guess
> I gotta count easter.
>

I think I ordered my VST expansion drive from Shoplet the same day you did
(last Sunday 3/24?).  I got a call from Shoplet on Thursday saying that they
would be shipping my drive.  I got them to overnight it to me at their
expense (an upgrade from the Fed Ex 2 day service I already had).  Got my
drive Friday and it works great under 9 and X.

I think we've seen the last of these drives at the sub-$60 price.  Any
vendors that still have them--like OfficeDepot.com--are selling them at the
old retail prices (~200 bucks).  As many of you have probably noticed,
several of these drives have shown up on ebay in the last couple of weeks,
all them being sold in the $125 area.  Bet they are some of the one's from
the Smartdisk Yahoo store.

Jim R.


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