External hard Drive

[Charles Martin]

> From: Brian Olesky <brian4 at sbcglobal.net>
> I guess it's time to break down and buy an external hard drive.  
> Someone I
> respect suggested a 120 gig model from Transinternational. She's been  
> using
> it about a month, likes it a lot and pointed me here:
>
> http://www.transintl.com/store/ 
> category.cfm?Category=405&CFID=758110&CFTOKEN
> =91612470&RequestTimeOut=500
>
> It'll run me between $185 and $199 according to the site.
>
You're likely to find better deals at dealmac.com.

> And second, according to the site, I have to decide whether I want a 2  
> MB
> cache or an 8 MB cache (for an extra $10-15). I'm not sure what that  
> means
> (he said with embarassment) but I assume it has something to do with  
> speed?
>
8MB cache = better performance. Go with the 8MB.

_Chas_

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates recently admitted that approximately 27  
million Windows customers experience crashes more than three times a  
day.