VST expansion bay HD - bigger drive inside?
Took my VST expansion bay HD apart the other day. Looks like it is very possible to take out the IBM travelstar 10GB drive that is in there now and replace it with a 20/30/40 gb version. Will require the black cover on the bottom of the drive to be pulled back/off or cut through to get to the screws that hold the HD to the bay, but big deal, IMO. Would be nice to put another 30GB drive in the bay and have 60GB total for ~$125 more bucks (since 30 gb drives can be had for about that much these days .. even 40GB powerbook drives are around $160 now). Anyone else going to try this? gEne _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST expansion bay HD
on 4/2/02 6:32 PM, (G-Books) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. They were great prices, but unfortunately it seems as though the likes of Shoplet and Sparco (who also had the drives) not only sold Smartdisk's products, they also took customer service lessons from them too (i.e., I've not had super service from Smartdisk in the past). I had my order for a 10GB exp bay HD and a 250MB Zip exp bay done and confirmed by Shoplet on the 22nd, though I got an email from Shoplet a couple days later saying the exp bay HD was permanently out of stock; same deal with Sparco, whose real-time availability updating system showed 6 exp bay HD's still available when I placed my order. They too emailed me a couple days later saying the item was out of stock. The only thing I can think of is that mine was an international order, which usually takes longer to process, though you'd think/hope the store would hold the items on your order till they got the cc approved. I guess you can't have everything though: i.e. both low prices and half decent customer service. The irony is that when I found the exp bay HD's available at Shoplet, I did make sure I got my order thru before informing the list, precisely because there were only a few left. Oh well. Not the end of the world. Now keeping the eyes open for breaking deals on the web... if anyone gets a whiff, let us know ;-) Chris H -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST expansion bay HD
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. They were great prices, but unfortunately it seems as though the likes of Shoplet and Sparco (who also had the drives) not only sold Smartdisk's products, they also took customer service lessons from them too (i.e., I've not had super service from Smartdisk in the past). I had my order for a 10GB exp bay HD and a 250MB Zip exp bay done and confirmed by Shoplet on the 22nd, though I got an email from Shoplet a couple days later saying the exp bay HD was permanently out of stock; same deal with Sparco, whose real-time availability updating system showed 6 exp bay HD's still available when I placed my order. They too emailed me a couple days later saying the item was out of stock. Mine finally arrives this afternoon, although I suspect VST/SD may have dug a final one up for me because I'm a journo (has its advantages ;-) They were out and I fired off an email to them. They found one more (and only one). Hope it's not the one the marketing manager was using on his/her field trips ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
VST Expansion Bay HD - alternatives?
Like someone else who posted recently about the VST Expansion Bay 10GB hard drive, my shoplet.com order was just canceled; the e-mail says that the manufacturer is no longer making the item. SO - does anyone happen to have a summarized list of alternatives? Here's what I know so far (with approximate prices): MCE expansion bay kit (install your own HD) =$120 PowerBoy USB/FW external drive, bus-powered, install your own HD=$49 Anybody have any other solutions? I'm looking mainly for expansion bay or Firewire bus-powered drive enclosures; I have a 2.5 HD to put in it. Thanks - Gene -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Expansion Bay HD - alternatives?
Gene: http://www.compgeeks.com has the cardbus 8gb drives for $79. I ordered one today to see what it's like. Gary gd2 wrote: Like someone else who posted recently about the VST Expansion Bay 10GB hard drive, my shoplet.com order was just canceled; the e-mail says that the manufacturer is no longer making the item. SO - does anyone happen to have a summarized list of alternatives? Here's what I know so far (with approximate prices): MCE expansion bay kit (install your own HD) =$120 PowerBoy USB/FW external drive, bus-powered, install your own HD=$49 Anybody have any other solutions? I'm looking mainly for expansion bay or Firewire bus-powered drive enclosures; I have a 2.5 HD to put in it. Thanks - Gene -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
