I really can't say I need all this storage....but because it is so
cheap....and I have a DVD/Blu-ray collection of nearly 1200 discs...and
because I have some extra PC hardware sitting here collecting dust...the
notion of building a media server / HTPC that makes all that stuff
available without having to hunt down the disc (truly the harder part of
it) is appealing. It's like why did the guy scale the steep
rock?....because it was there (and he's crazy)!
I got into tech because I would do cool stuff with it. I'm not
interested in what someone is pushing if it doesn't do something cool
for me.
On 7/20/2011 1:30 PM, DSinc wrote:
I have been reading this thread since it started. I don't need 2TB or
3TB 'em' hard drives.
Yet.
My storage is not as large as others.
I live happily with 500GB drives in my NAS (until they go away!).
What I read in all this conjecture is that we are being pushed to buy
'boxed' external
drive options (less expensive). 'They' do NOT wish for us to BUILD
stuff anymore (more expensive).
'They' want US to just buy their pre-packaged stuff to meet a grander
plan. Fine. I get this.
Disclaimer: I do own a 500GB Free Agent external device!
JMHO: I think we are being pushed to a bigger view of what we are
expected to own
regardless of what we choose to own and use for our own lives.
Not my game!
Remain a troglodyte here happily!
Best,
Duncan
On 07/20/2011 11:54, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Lol, random Google shopper search. Seems it was not representative of
real
prices.
Looks like $120 is more accurate which brings us back to sane pricing
of ext
costing more than int. Even the elements 2TB is $99+.
On Jul 20, 2011 2:25 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin"<[email protected]>
wrote:
