[P1] My Xmas stupid question

[Brian Pearce]

> While I'll be willing to sell the drive to you (it cost me about $200 
> new), I can't say that I recommend USB external drives. I think USB 1 
> is fine for peripherals like a keyboard and mouse, but too slow and 
> flaky for something like a hard drive.

If this makes a difference to you, the small investment in money and 
time to install a larger internal drive may pay off in a slightly 
better resale value for the iBook when that time comes. You may also 
have the option to do other useful upgrades at the same time; 
additional RAM, a CD-RW drive, stuff like that. (Dollars-for-bytes, it 
*might* be a better deal than an external drive, too.)

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net