[G4] Question about Firewire enclosure / hard drive

[B G]

I agree about the pricing, you should not be paying more than .50 a  
GB without rebate for any brand of drive.

Take a look at    www.dealmac.com

However do so at your own risk some of the bargains are so good you  
end up buying all kinds of stuff.

LOL


BG


On May 30, 2007, at 7:36 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:

> Yes, Michelle, you understand correctly.  All of your points  
> below.  Option C is probably about $20 cheaper than buying it all  
> pre-sssembled.  Check the prices on newegg.com.  The price you show  
> below seems kind of high for 120 GB.  For that amount of money, you  
> should be getting more capacity.
>
> Also, 120 GB is about as much as you could install internally to be  
> recognized, but you could install much more in an external FW  
> enclosure and have it all recognized.  Has to do with the  
> limitations of the interior ATA bus.  --Steve
>
> At 9:38 PM -0500 5/30/07, Michelle wrote:
>> ...
>> Am I understanding you correctly that I could feasibly purchase  
>> something like the:
>>
>> ** 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 7200rpm 8.5ms 8MB Cache Ultra  
>> ATA/10  **
>>
>> from a website like OWC for around $75.
>>