At 3:27 PM -0700 9/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Spending extra money to future-proof your purchase is almost never >worth it in the context of computer equipment. Just buy what you >need now at the best price you can find, unless you already have solid >plans to upgrade, in which case, you should be considering skipping >the purchase of hte outmoded stuff. > >Also, SATA to PATA adapters are available for less than $15, so if you >really want to take your drive with you to a newer machine you can use >such an adapter--theoretically. They were less than $8 at geeks.com >but they seem to be out of them now.
Part of the issue is that the SATA drives are bigger and cheaper at the moment. Diane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
