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Subject: Re: <OT> 80 GB Maxtor US$150!

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 08:02:21 10/19/01

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On October 19, 2001 at 10:58:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 19, 2001 at 10:48:22, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On October 19, 2001 at 09:56:36, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>This has got to be some sort of record.  $10 shipping in US.
>>>
>>>http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?>submit=manufactory&catalog=14&manufactory=1304
>>
>>Yeah but what you pay for is what you get. It's garbage.
>>Maxtor is the b-brand. They dump there what they can't get rid
>>of under a-brand.
>>
>>Also i'm missing whether it's an U100 harddisk. Who pays for
>>slower harddisks nowadays?
>
>
>It is UDMA and it runs pretty well.  We are using the 40 gig versions on
>our ftp server.  Not a 10K LVDS SCSI drive in performance, but then not in
>cost either.

it's u100 but only 5400 RPM.

So nearly 2 times slower than a 7200RPM U100, as that 5400 stuff is all
pretty old technology by now.





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