Tips for Buying a new Hard Drive

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Dick,

If it's for storage, consider a 5400 RPM drive - supposedly lasts 
longer.

If it's for running an OS, consider one with an 8 MB cache - faster 
response. Western Digital, among others, makes these.

Maxtor's Maxline series (plus II) are reputed to have a long life, with 
a 3 year warranty (vs. the normal 1 year).

You might want to give www.storagereview.com and www.barefeats.com a 
look.

Whichever you choose, it will conk out on ya, so backup often. Wish I 
listened to my own advice last month :-p

Rick


> I have two Western Digital hard drives in my G4-450 AGP (20 and 40) 
> and use
> the 40 as backup drive using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC).  The old Western
> Digital drive is getting full and needs to be replaced.
>
> What are some of the things I should look for  in shopping for a new 
> drive
> other than price?
>
> The old 20 GB Western Digital (WDC WD205BA) has been great and I would 
> like
> the same drive with more storage.  The problem is there are so many
> different drives on the market (even WD models) it is hard to pick one.
>
> Yes, I know bigger is better but I really don't need the extra space.  
> The
> smallest I would consider is a 40 but something like an 80 or 120 
> sounds
> nice and they don't seem to be that much more expensive.
>
> Dick