[MacDV] Re: Hard drives

[Richard Gilmore]

I have a 10 GB drive from my Powerbook and want to put it into a FW case. I 
ordered one from my local Mac store but it seems perptually on back order. Who 
would be a good supplier to order one from? I didn't realize there might be any 
compatiblity issues how new does a drive have to be to work? I want one self 
powered by the FW cable and which I can boot my PB from. Also how much would 
one cost roughly?

thanx

Richard


Quoting ShirleyK <ShirleyKat at cox.net>:

> Just be aware that there is a 15% restocking fee - even if the product 
> fails to perform at all.
> 
> I ordered a firewire enclosure for the 6 GB drive that came out of a 
> PowerBook. The enclosure was supposed to use the power on the FireWire, 
> but the drive never showed up on the desktop. They said my drive was 
> too old and I could buy a brick to power it. Not only did that take the 
> price way over the top, but it defeated my original purpose for buying 
> an enclosure that didn't need external power.
> 
> I had to pay the 15% restocking fee (plus postage to return it). If 
> they had mentioned that it did not work with some older drives, I might 
> have been more cautious, but this seemed to be news to them too.
> 
> Shirley
> 
> On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 04:28  PM, Daniel Beck wrote:
> 
> > Other World Computing has good drives and good service:
> > http://eshop.macsales.com/
> 
> 
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