On 19 Jan 2006, at 21:02, Jason Mayfield-Lewis wrote:
I was seriously impressed by the E7K100 that went into my Mac mini.
Their 7200 2.5" drives are amazingly fast and reliable - It's part
of the reason I'm looking at 3.5" Hitachi drives now, though I've
used Hitachi/IBM 2.5" drives for ages.
I have a few 2.5" drives, and all the best ones are IBM Travelstars.
People bitch a lot about Travelstars clicking a lot during idle - but
it's not that much of an issue IMHO - I just like a drive that works.
You get used to it anyway. I'd really like a modern 2.5" drive for my
slimline FW/USB2 enclosure (smaller than my iPod) but I alas can't
really afford anything of the size I want. £80 is a lot to pay for a
80GB hard disk, when I just bought a 200GB Barra for £66!
I had an A1200 I was planning to tower mod (pre 1995 I was an Amiga
user for ages. Then I got a Mac. Seemed natural :D) but I chucked
it out for some reason. I wish I hadn't now. lol.
Arghh!! another Mac using ex-Amigan (a good 30% of long time Mac
users I know used to on Amigas!).
A1200s go for good money these days. £50 at least. It is indeed a shame.
My oldest hard disk is a 5MB (yes MB!!) Seagate 5.25" 1" height
drive. Runs fine - sounds like a small jet and needs manually
parking, but it's still going after 20 years!
I have a 286 with a 15MB Winchester drive in it round here
somewhere. I often wonder if it's any faster than the FDD!
Probably not. You don't have to swap floppies 10/20 (depending on
density) times to access it all though which is nice I guess :).
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