Not sure where RAID is obsolete, not sure what you would use in it's place either. I just set up a RAID 1 with my new TB hard drives. Is there some way easier and safer?
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:28 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/06/owc_mac_mini_upgrades/ >> >> Some good links to mod your new mac mini including getting RAM at half >> what apple would charge you and pulling the optical for a second drive >> to get a good fast RAID going! Good stuff. >> > > We've been buying RAM [and drives and PCI cards] for less than half the > installed price that Apple charges since at least the mid '90s. Who wants a > RAID? We don't use RAIDs. They've been obsolete for years. Why pull the > optical drive? There are external drives with the same footprint as a Mini, > and other metal, no-fan enclosures that can take bigger faster drives > without extra noise. Won't adding another drive in a plastic box make it too > hot without adding a bigger fan [and more noise]? > > Cavan will be ordering his extra 2GB RAM for $30-35 depending on the price > of the day plus shipping at DMS, OtherWorld and Crucial, the same places > we've been checking for RAM at least since we got a bondi iMac, or maybe it > was the 7600. No news that we didn't know from Rik here either. Besides, > build-to-order means they install it for you--that's what you pay the big > bucks for: convenience. > > The author is kidding, right? As a long-time Mac user and editor of a Mac > magazine, writing in the Register, that's the stupidest column Rik > Myslewski's written, unless he's kidding. No wonder MacAddict faded away > with an editor like that. > > Betty > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
