Hi Mark, These are just called "drive enclosures." I myself own a Western Digital Passport 80 GB laptop hard drive with its own WD enclosure. Cheers, Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] external hard drives
>I would like to know more about the drive enclosures. What are they called? > Where do I find them? > Thank you. > God bless, > Mark > God loves you! > My ham radio lists. > http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio. > http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list > MSS and MSP scripting list > http://groups.google.com:80/group/msscripting?hl=en > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:46 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] external hard drives > > >> Hi Tammy, >> >> I checked out the web site you sent along, and, quite frankly, the prices >> seem a bit high, in my opinion. >> >> If I were you, I would check out Staples, and Best Buy, as I believe they >> are much lower in terms of pricing. >> >> I saw many drives there for over 175, and even one that was selling at >> 159, >> which I know is going for 129 here in Canada at Best Buy. >> >> Another web site that was suggested was Buy.com, which is another great >> source for items of this nature. There was a sale on Terabyte drives for >> just under 175 last week. >> >> Just something you might want to consider. >> >> One point I'd like to point out, is that if you go to the larger chain >> stores like best buy and staples, they get their items at bulk discounts, >> something smaller stores aren't able to do, so their prices are usually >> much >> cheaper. >> >> I would also like to point out that you can also get an internal hard >> drive >> at a lower price, then purchase a hard drive enclosure for around 22 to >> 30 >> dollars, which you then take apart, then place your internal drive inside >> it, and voila, it becomes an external drive. >> >> As you may or may not know, internal drives are usually cheaper than >> external drives, and they're pretty easy to assemble now a days. >> >> You should also be prepared to format the drive before you use it, unless >> the ad specifically says that it's plug and play and ready for use as >> soon >> as you plug it in. >> >> This may or may not affect the pricing, depending on where you buy it. >> >> Let me know if you have any other questions. >> >> Victor >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
