To: Paul Edwards

 PE> They went to cheaper than floppies a couple of years ago.
 PE> Incidentally, I rang up Yum Cha to get HD prices, and the best
 PE> value for money was a 3.8 gig drive for $450, reining in at
 PE> 11.8c/meg.

  The correct way to find the best *value* is to cost the differential
and see where is starts to rise. For instance, the Trader has: 

                    extra (per Mb)
    1.3     $225         -
    1.7     $255         7.5c
    2.1     $280         6.3c
    2.5     $300         5.0c
    3.2     $380        11.4c
    3.8     $435         9.2c
    4.3     $480         9.0c

  You can see that going from 1.3 to 1.7 costs you 7.5c per Mb. The
best is going from 2.1 to 2.5 for 5c per megabyte, and the worst is
the one you recommended at 11.4c per Mb, which means that this is the
drive you will lose the most money on, in depreciation. In my book the
2.5Gb at $300 is the best buy just now, and the one on while I'd lose 
the least money.

Regards,
Bob

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