Dan K writes:
OWC has 2.5 FW cases with Oxford 911 chipset for $50:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_MailList.cfm?ID=4636Item=OWCME910FW911
I've got 4 of these little suckers and I just love 'em.
I've only got one. My TiBook's original 10 GB Toshiba drives lives inside
it. Very nice case. Bus
Google Gear sells the drive for $144.99.
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100416
Tom
But the hitch is this - it's apparently cheaper to buy the 40+ GB drive
IN the external enclosure than to buy just the drive (for internal use)
and an empty enclosure.
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Hi all,
I've been considering (when the funds are saved up) upgrading my Pismo's
'10GB' Toshiba drive. However, not wanting to waste the old drive (heck,
I still have my old 80 _MB_ drive from my now non-working IIcx!), I would
like to get one of the Travelstar 40GB+ drives and a FireWire
I want to put the 9.36 GB into the enclosure and the bigger
Travelstar inside my Pismo. Okay, nothing new here, right?
But the hitch is this - it's apparently cheaper to buy the 40+ GB drive
IN the external enclosure than to buy just the drive (for internal use)
and an empty enclosure.
So what
Remember the warranty on a pre-assembled drive is usually only 1 year,
Truly, I see no reason to purchase a pre-assembled drive whatsoever
unless it costs much, much less than the separate components.
hth,
Dan K
Good point, Dan. I paid little for the 3GB pocket drive two years
ago, and
