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From: Ian Kabeary <omega21@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:11:30
Message-Id: 71e46d510608151107w247a8936tc94d7c547c154393@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice by Willie Wong
1 On 8/15/06, Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.edu> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 10:08:29AM -0700, Penguin Lover Ow Mun Heng
4 > squawked:
5 > > > Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any offered by brands that I
6 > > > know (like I mentioend above, Maxtor/Seagate/Buffalo/etc. all have
7 > >
8 > > Why not? If you want a cheap one, a 2.5in one selling in
9 > > Surpluscomputers costs ~USD7-15 and a 3.5in costs between USD20-50
10 > > Plug in a Drive and you're good to go.
11 > >
12 > > PS : I bought mine 2 years ago (max limit of 300GB due to PCBA in the
13 > > casing) for USD25
14 >
15 > Thanks Ow and Ian, I hadn't thought of the possibility of just buying
16 > an external enclosure. That looks like a good way to go.
17
18
19 I like it because In a year I can get an even bigger hard drive and it wont
20 cost as much.
21 Glad to be of help.
22 ~Ian