On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 11:04 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Carl Turney <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On 12/05/11 21:31, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>> > ...
>> >> False economy.
>> > ...
>> >> Just buy the smallest cheapest new disk you can find.
>> >
>> > Good points.  Reckon you're right.  Will keep my eye on the $ per GB ratio.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Carl
>>
>> I think you said these are for backup. In the order of $100 will buy
>> you a small book size enclosure, with a 500G  2.5 inch drive in it.
>> Connect via usb and voila.
>>
>> The 2.5 inch drives are great because as well as being more portable,
>> they don't require an external power supply.
>>
> ( as long as your mobo offers USB 2.0 or higher! ).

True, but thats getting pretty old if it doesn't!

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