Hitachi seems to be doing very well. I have a 1TB drive in my Quad G5 that works fantastically, with 64MB! cache. Paid $129ish for it last year; got it from a local parts store. Better than the old IBM DeathStars they inherited.
Either way, I'd take 1TB/64M/7200 over 2TB/32M/7200. Most important is the rev speed followed by the cache. I want to upgrade to a 10K drive, but none are cheap and work with my beloved Gs. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 5:14 PM -0500 1/31/2011, John Callahan wrote: >> >> why would a 32 MB cache, same drive, be cheaper than a 16MB cache drive? > > As technology advances the newer components end up being less expensive than > the older. > > But really, HD pricing has very little to do with specifications, these > days. It's all about sales, rebates, and volume - and vendors betting that > consumers are too stoopid to google around. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC architecture. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
