> 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.
I just deleted an email from TigerDirect...80GB HD's are $100, 60GB drives are $80. I looked around, its impossible to spend more than $220 on an IDE HD. I just bought a 100GB HD for my Windows XP machine, its 7200 RPM, and has an 8MB cache built into the drive (its the top-of-the line). It was $190. If you look around the net for about 10 minutes, I'm sure you could find a 40GB drive for under $50. That's what I call cheap. If you're paying more than that for drives, then you're probably going to a place that's too expensive. > What about all these new USB hard drive adapter boxes? They're around > $20-$30, and you insert an IDE drive into it - say one that you pick up used > for a lot less, and you don't have to take your iMac apart. Anyone tried > one of these yet? I'm thinking about getting one of those, or maybe just > buy a USB CD burner and store everything on CDs. That would free up a lot > of space on my existing drive, and I could make music CDs as well! > Opinions? USB is S-L-O-W. Its like trying to drink the ocean through a soda straw. Plus, I don't believe the firmware on the iMac supports booting from a USB drive. Firewire would work, but firewire cases are probably more than the HD. Taking apart an iMac and adding a HD isn't that difficult, even in a A or B rev IMAC. Set aside an hour, and its not a problem. If you know what you're doing, you can put a new HD in under 10 minutes. I just had my iMac 400DV apart last week (I've got 3 iMac's), and its not a problem. -- 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
