From: "Geo." 

where are the 300+ gig drives?

Geo.

"Randy H"  wrote in message
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> 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
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> > >     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
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> > >    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
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> > >    > >   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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