Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

-> I remember somebody making a comment in here a while back about the
-> newer, bigger hard drives.  Something to the effect of considering a 
-> range of "a dollar a gig" being about right,  more or less.  
-> Unfortunately,  I can't remember who it was that posted that in 
-> here,  and there weren't any specifcis about where one might find 
-> such prices...

-> Anybody in here know where there are some good deals?  I need to radically
-> expand my available storage space here.  :-)

 TW> Office Depot in my Area presently has a 40 gig Maxtor Retail Box
 TW> for $49.84 After Rebate.

You're the second person to mention them.  I still need to scan the ads
that came with Sunday's paper...

 TW> And I couldn't find the Ad but CompUSA(IF tyhey have one in your 
 TW> Area) 

We don't,  but do they do mail-order?

 TW> has a good deal on a Western Digital 80 gig HD. $69.99 After
 TW> Rebate vas I recall. That one was an OEM package though.

What's that difference in packaging going to mean?  I don't recall it
making much difference to me one way or the other before...

That _is_ a good price,  too.

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