[G4] Samsung drives?

Harry Freeman harry at gifutiger.com
Mon Apr 17 18:30:55 PDT 2006


Greetings ( + )!( + )

Aaron, Google "review Samsung 300GB" and you'll get lots of good 
information.
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On Apr 17, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Aaron wrote:

> I need more hard disk space to store my large collection of video and 
> audio, including intermediate versions of videos I'm processing in 
> various ways. I presently have four HD's in my G4 Dual 867, all 
> 7200RPM and ranging from 60 GB to 250 GB (decimal).
>
> I picked up a 300 GB Samsung 7200 RPM/8MEG drive at CompUSA a few days 
> ago for $108 (including tax), but haven't opened it yet. I know I can 
> return it even if I open it, but I'd rather not even open it if it's 
> not a good drive. There is, BTW, no model number on the box, but the 
> UPC is 892489000677, for what it's worth.
>
> Anybody have any familiarity with this drive or with Samsung drives in 
> general? Are they reliable? Resonably fast? Reasonably quiet?
>
> BTW, I just ordered a USB 2.0 card and am planning on getting an 
> external case for one of my drives. How does USB 2.0 compare with the 
> built-in FireWire for the external drive?
>
>  - Aaron


G'Day Mates, /\*_*/\

Harry (*^_^*)
* Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.



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