On Jun 3, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Nestamicky wrote:
> Why for example, do manufacturers still offer five years warranty on
> so-called enterprise HDs, and a year or two for "prosumers" as Peter tells
> us?
Because they charge 2-4X for those drives. Remember the cardinal rule of
engineering:
"Fa
On Monday, June 2, 2014 2:53:18 PM UTC-5, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Nestamicky >
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> > Most people simply go for size these days, but as Bruce and others have
> pointed, that could indeed be the curse. So, what tech specs must one keep
> in
On 14-06-02 10:14 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote:
> Seems like all you can really do is make good backup's and even
> replace your backup drives every so often.
This reminds me of a post I made in a Linux forum a few years back. I
asked why Ubuntu continue to release newer version of their linux, wh
On 14-06-02 1:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> Sadly, for the majority of the models under discussion here the answer is
> 'See if you can find a 7200 rpm drive'. These systems are cursed with
> obsolete technology.
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> IDE-based SSD's are tiny and hugely expensive, 7200 RPM drives are getting
> sc
On 30-05-2014 19:09, Fabian Fang, f...@mac.com, wrote:
> On May 30, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Geke wrote:
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>> Which is a good group for Intel-based Macs? There's so many groups that I
>> really don't know which one to pick.
>>
>> Some time ago I bought a Mac Mini Core Dual, and so far I had no problems
