>I just purchased and installed an 80Gb Travelstar from Newegg.com for a >total price of $112 including shippi;ng.
Lombard and Pismo machines have issues with their EIDE/UATA controller chips which mandate that the attached drives be fully able to negotiate down from ATA-6. The Samsungs, some Toshibas and perhaps the new Hitachi/IBMs will not properly negotiate. Certain old Toshibas (up to about 10 GB) and the 5K80 series of Hitachi/IBMs will properly negotiate. There are better deals on Hitachi/IBMs than Newegg.com (I have bought several Samsungs for my Wallstreets from them, and one 5K80 Hitachi/IBM from them, too). BestBuyPC, for example, *may* substitute a later series for the 5K80, at their whim. Two orders placed with BestBuyPC a few days apart resulted in the first one being a newer Hitachi/IBM, as a substitute *without notice*, and defective to boot, and the second one being a 5K80. The "sweet spot" on 2.5" drives is at 60 GB right now, and those wanting less than 60 GB, or more than 60 GB, may be paying a premium price per GB for their drives. I have actually encountered situations where a 20 GB drive cost more than a 30 GB drive from the same drive series and from the same retail seller. Newegg.com is good in that their shipping in certain select items is very low priced. The same is true of BestBuyPC. Incidentally, BestBuyPC is one source of replacement optical drives for Lombards and Pismos (and for the MCE optical drive bays for the Wallstreets). There are others. Depending upon availability, $105 could get you a +/-, read/write/rewrite, CD/DVD drive with two-layer support. Alas, the laptop's EIDE/UATA controller chips seem not to be up to the job of successfully burning DVDs on a consistent basis. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
