G4 Digest, Vol 49, Issue 10, Re: [G4] FW: G4 Disk Capacity Limit - Real or Logical?

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

I just purchased a Sandisk MicroSD 2GB Micro SD Memory Card with free  
shipping on eBay for $6.53 so don't go to a retail store for your  
purchase.

Best regards,

Harry
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On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:45 AM, shopdog at mac.com wrote:

> Luke:
>
> Good points.  I should just say goodbye to the Zip drive.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> shopdog
>
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Luke Rademacher wrote:
>
>> Shopdog.
>>
>> I have both a 100MB Zip drive and a 250MB Zip drive. I have not  
>> used either in almost 3 years. Why? because USB Flash Drives hold  
>> 10x more at a fraction of the cost.
>>
>> Get yourself a USB2 PCI card and put in your Mac. Then goto almost  
>> any Retail store and buy a 1GB , 2GB, or even a 4GB USB2 Flash  
>> drive for LESS than $30.
>> The USB Flash Drive does not require a Power Supply, can be used on  
>> both Mac OSX and Windows XP/Vista, And the Flash Drive is more  
>> durable. I once accidentally left a USB Flash Drive in my jeans and  
>> it went through the Wash. After a few days drying it was back in  
>> action with no data loss.
>>
>> Two days ago at Walmart of all places I saw 2GB SanDisk USB2 Cruzer  
>> Flash Drive for $18. I bought three!
>>
>> So, Back up everything on your Zip Disks to a couple CD's or one  
>> DVD. Then yank out that Zip Drive and make use of that bay for a HD.
>>
>> Good Luck no matter what you do,
>>
>> Luke Rademacher
>>
>>
>> On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:41 AM, shopdog at mac.com wrote:
>>
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