On 11/25/03 2:30 PM, DPrice enlightened us by writing: >I am considering buying the following drive from Googlegear.com >because of positive reports on it that I have seen here. I am just >making sure this is close to the one reported, if not the same. It is >a bare drive. How problematic is that? This is the first laptop drive >I have purchased so my knowledge is clearly limited: > >IBM Hitachi Travelstar 40GNX 20GB ATA-5 2.5in 5400 rpm mobile drive > >Thanks a lot.
FWIW, that site is now: http://www.ZipZoomFly.com/ While the Travelstar is a great drive (they show it out of stock tonight on that site), is the size large enough for your needs? If you will be ripping/downloading MP3s in iTunes, you may find the drive filling up rather quickly. My original 10GB on my Pismo did, and I am now looking at a 60GB Toshiba (16MB buffer, as opposed to the smaller buffer - 2MB? - on the comparable Hitachi/IBM one). Consider your space reqeuirements for now and a little into the future. I find that in the past I have underestimated how much drive space I needed, and in MacOS 9.x, I turned off virtual memory. When I go to MacOS X, I will need extra space for VM, since X doesn't allow you to turn Virtual Memory off and uses it continually (I understand). YMMV, HTH, Jim Rohde -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
