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! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
