On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] M-Audio Quattro/Duo question > > > Don't be completely disheartened yet.. A laptop (with a firewire media > > drive as essential) is a very tempting option... > > What is so essential about a firewire drive? Is it that much faster than a > 4200 rpm drive? And what about the 5400 rpm 2.5" drives? I guess a 60 GB 5400 > 2.5" is cheaper than a 60 GB firewire drive. And it's also much more > practical.... >
Laptop drives can be exceedingly expensive. Oftimes it's just plain cheaper to get an enormous, external and portable firewire drive, if your laptop has firewire. Sorry for the OT post. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user