From: Mike '/m' 


Thanks.

 /m

On Tue, 27 May 2003 21:16:35 -0500, "Randy H"
 wrote:

>Just slid by the CompUSA: Maxtor 160 GB w/8MB Cache.
>
>$199
>- $30 in-store rebate
>- $70 mail-in rebate
>
>Ends 5/30.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:oeq4dv8508fibnkjhp6pb7o3gefjrfqvm9{at}4ax.com...
>> Hmmm... I may look into picking up a couple more for hot spares.  ;-)
>>
>> My next planned purchase is a gigabit network switch.  Then I can put lots
>> more stuff on the media server, and do things like editting across the
>> network.
>>
>>   /m
>>
>> On Mon, 26 May 2003 13:12:58 -0500, "Randy H"
>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Sam's Club is selling those 160 GB drives for $150/ea. And I heard that
>> >CompUSA is flogging the same drive after rebates for ~$100.
>> >
>> >I'm living dangerously right now-I broke my IBM 60 GB mirror into a
>striped
>> >120 GB set to house my media.
>> >
>> >"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>> >news:0bf4dvkgl7nmhjsqlhl15oim40g0coamgt{at}4ax.com...
>> >>
>> >> If you check www.dell.com.nytimesoffer once or twice a week, you'll
>often
>> >> see a "free shipping" promotion.   Now, if I
could only get rid of that
>> >> forced Windows XP purchase on the Dell desktop, I might even be
>tempted.
>> >>
>> >> I picked up a nice media server from that page.  600SC
box, Pentium 4
>> >> 2.4GHz, 128MB memory, lots of drive bays, 40GB 7200GB drive, Intel
>gigabit
>> >> NIC.  $312 including tax, no shipping charges.
>> >>
>> >> The box was OS-free.  It is now running RH Linux 8.0 with
a 3Ware IDE
>RAID
>> >> controller; and 3 Maxtor 160GB 8MB cache 7200 rpm IDE
drives, plus a
>40GB
>> >> boot drive. It's also running Samba for Windows networking.  :-)
>> >>
>> >>  /m
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 26 May 2003 09:49:45 -0400, "John Beamish"
>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I _almost_ agree with the Dell recommendation.  Just
remember that you
>> >will have to pay shipping charges and at that price range they can
>represent
>> >a non-trivial portion of the total cost.
>> >> >
>> >> >OTOH ... if you value your time at $50/hr the
"cost" of driving over,
>> >picking up and bringing back the machine can easily match the Dell
>shipping
>> >costs.
>> >> >  "Rich"  wrote in message
news:3ed1b231$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >     I wouldn't recommend a best buy no-name box or
the similar cheap
>> >ones at compusa either.  You can get an inexpensive Dell or HP box with
>> >Windows XP preloaded for less than $400.
>> >> >
>> >> >     I thought I saw one at compusa earlier today but
can't find it on
>> >their web site.  Best Buy has a $499 HP system with a $100 gift card at
>>
>http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11216104&m=0&cat=0&scat=0.
 There is
>a
>> >Presario desktop at
>>
>http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11214707&m=488&cat=490&scat=491
which
>is
>> > also $499 and looks to have a $100 gift card and a $50 rebate.  The HP
>> >system looks nicer as one might expect for $50 more.
>> >> >
>> >> >     On its web site, Dell has a 2.2 GHz, 256 MB RAM,
30 GB disk,
>CD-R/W
>> >system for $299.  There is no free shipping this week so unless you can
>> >convince them it may cost another $90 or so.
>> >> >
>> >> >  Rich
>> >> >
>> >> >    "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>> >news:3ed19786{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >    Cheapie consumers machines can do that nicely, so
it'd probably
>pay
>> >you
>> >> >    time-wise and frustration-wise to get an XPHome
machine and be
>done
>> >with it.
>> >> >    I saw one in the Best Buy paper for less than
$400, gotta add a
>> >monitor
>> >> >    though. (or a Linux machine for even cheaper)
>> >> >
>> >> >    - Bob Comer
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >    "Ellen K."
 wrote in message
>> >> >    news:u343dv4kkk471lf1ls9r08qgb4tgji980b{at}4ax.com...
>> >> >    > This isn't my development box, it's more
like my email /
>internet /
>> >> >    > cardfile box.
>> >> >    >
>> >> >    > On Wed, 14 May 2003 16:35:36 -0400,
"Robert Comer"
>> >> >    >  wrote in message
>:
>> >> >    >
>> >> >    > >Ellen, I agree with Rich (for once.
), a new install is the
>> >best way
>> >> >    to
>> >> >    > >go over an upgrade.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >64MB would run W2K as Rich says, but it
would be pretty slow
>doing
>> >> >    > >development stuff.  I'd get an upgrade
if you can. (you can
>never
>> >have
>> >> >    > >enough RAM is what I go by and it's the
absolute first upgrade
>I
>> >think
>> >> >    about
>> >> >    > >if there's a performance problem...)
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >- Bob Comer
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >"Rich"  wrote in
message news:3ec2a71a{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >    > >   The system requirements for Windows
2000 Professional can be
>> >found at
>> >> >    >
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/.
>> >> >    64MB
>> >> >    > >is the low end.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >   Again, if you do this I would
recommend against an upgrade.
>Do
>> >a
>> >> >    clean
>> >> >    > >install and reformat the hard disk.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >Rich
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>> >> >    > >news:3ec2a370$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >    > >  > Would W2K even run on such a box?
 (I bought in in early
>'98 I
>> >> >    think.)
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  Most likely, but there may be a driver
problem if it's not
>> >standard
>> >> >    stuff
>> >> >    > >  from that time.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  >So far
>> >> >    > >  > I can't find memory for it, only have 64MB.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  What is it?  (Make/model)  I'll see if
I can find out more
>about
>> >it.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  > Also, with W2K wouldn't I want
NTFS?   Right now it's
>FAT32.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  If all you're going to do is run one
OS on it, yep, you'd
>want
>> >NTFS --
>> >> >    the
>> >> >    > >  W2K offers to upgrade your drive to
NTFS, no problem. If you
>> >have other
>> >> >    > >  partitions, there's a convert program
you run after you do
>the
>> >install.
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  - Bob Comer
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >  "Ellen K"
 wrote in message
>> >> >    > >  news:909377.ae7c35{at}harborwebs.com...
>> >> >    > >  > Would W2K even run on such a box?
 (I bought in in early
>'98 I
>> >> >    think.)
>> >> >    > >So
>> >> >    > >  far
>> >> >    > >  > I can't find memory for it, only have 64MB.
>> >> >    > >  >
>> >> >    > >  > Also, with W2K wouldn't I want
NTFS?   Right now it's
>FAT32.
>> >> >    > >  >
>> >> >    > >  > > From: "Robert
Comer" 
>> >> >    > >  > > Why not upgrade to W2KPro or
WinXP -- it wouldn't be the
>> >speediest
>> >> >    box
>> >> >    > >  in
>> >> >    > >  > > the world, but it'd be more
stable and run more of
>today's
>> >> >    programming
>> >> >    > >  > > stuff?
>> >> >    > >  > > - Bob Comer
>> >> >    > >  > > "Ellen K"
 wrote in message
>> >> >    > >  > > news:509347.ac8012{at}harborwebs.com...
>> >> >    > >  > >> Urk.  If that's the case
then the only thing I'd get
>with
>> >98SE
>> >> >    would
>> >> >    > >be
>> >> >    > >  > > the
>> >> >    > >  > >> ability to run newer
versions of stuff that don't run on
>95
>> >any
>> >> >    more
>> >> >    > >  (like
>> >> >    > >  > > the
>> >> >    > >  > >> Norton security stuff).
>> >> >    > >  > >>
>> >> >    > >  > >> Anything resembling
power management is already
>disabled.
>> >> >    > >  > >>
>> >> >    > >  > >> How do you shut down to
the "orange-on-black idiot
>screen
>> >only"?
>> >> >    > >  > >>
>> >> >    > >  > >> What about Rnaapp?
>> >> >    > >  > >>
>> >> >    > >  > >> Maybe the original hard
drive is starting to go bad... ?
>> >> >    > >  > >>
>> >> >    > >  > >> > From: "Frank
Haber" 
>> >> >    > >  > >> > Why do you think
98SE will help your shutdown problem?
>> >Win 95
>> >> >    did
>> >> >    > >a
>> >> >    > >  > > pretty
>> >> >    > >  > >> > good job shutting
down early APM systems.  98SE had
>> >notorious
>> >> >    > >  problems
>> >> >    > >  > > with
>> >> >    > >  > >> > that, got two
partially successful patches for it, has
>> >had whole
>> >> >    > >  > > websites
>> >> >    > >  > >> > written about its
power problems.  There are still a
>> >bunch of
>> >> >    > >  machines
>> >> >    > >  > > out
>> >> >    > >  > >> > there that won't
shut down properly.
>> >> >    > >  > >> > Have you considered
just disabling power management,
>> >shutting
>> >> >    down
>> >> >    > >to
>> >> >    > >  > > the
>> >> >    > >  > >> > orange-on-black
idiot screen only, then leaning on the
>> >power
>> >> >    switch
>> >> >    > >  for
>> >> >    > >  > > five
>> >> >    > >  > >> > seconds?
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    > >
>> >> >    >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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