Sorry, Steve. I didn't mean to get "huffy." As I said, I was looking in the wrong places. I have to use catalogs mostly, like Macwarehouse, and they are frightfully expensive. I don't live near a computer store, and I would have to take several buses to get to one, so I either order from a catalog, an online store, or find a used item on eBay.
The more I think about it though, I don't really need a larger hard drive - just a way to store files outside the iMac, and I think a CD burner would suffice. The software alone only takes up about 2 gig, the rest are mp3 files, photos, documents and such. If something ever were to happen to the original 6 gig drive, the software could be replaced easily (relatively speaking), but many of the files couldn't, so I really need some type of storage outside the iMac. Can anyone recommend a good, affordable USB CD burner? Anything *other* than Iomega - I've had four Jazz drives and two Zip drives go bad after just a year! -- Gerry Uhlan Baltimore, Maryland on 6/4/02 9:15 PM, Steve Sobek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 6/4/02 11:32 AM, "Gerald Uhlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> huffed, and > puffed, and blew my house in and said: > >> >> What do you mean by "HD's are cheap these days"? I must be looking in the >> wrong places for hard drives. It seems to me that the prices are still just >> as high as ever, but you do get more gigabytes for the buck. Most of the >> ones I look at range from $250-$400 and more. More than I can afford. Now >> if I could buy something smaller (around 20 gig or so) for less than $100 >> and still be new, I might buy it. So the drives aren't really cheaper, the >> gigabytes are. > > You can get some 20 gig IDE drives at local stores (like Comp USA and > others) for as little as $79, although they're most usually 5400 rpm. > > I got my 40 gig disk at CompUSA for about $120, and it's a 7200 rpm. > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
