[G4] Tips for Buying a new Hard Drive

Thu Apr 29 18:48:00 PDT 2004

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Al Poulin wrote:

> > What are some of the things I should look for  in shopping for a new drive
> > other than price?
> 7200 rpm.  Depending on how you use the system, say heavy video/photo work,

An 8MB buffer also helps.  You should check out Lacie's d2 250GB drive
(the smaller ones have only a 2MB buffer), or any Western Digital "special
edition" Caviar drive.

						--- Amir