Michael, are you maybe saving Mo for X ... ? Jerry
> From: Michael Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:18:46 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Subject: Re: 6500 HD upgrade funny... > > The HD in my own 6500 CROAKED last week. > > It was the original 4 gig Western Digital Caviar. > > I took along the DEAD drive to Futureshop this afternoon because they have an > advertisement for Western Digital 40 gig drives, $169.00 Canadian with a > $30.00 store discount and a $30.00 manufacturers discount ....for a grand > total of $109. Canadian....about $66.00 U.S. > > I handed the kid at the Computer Accessories counter the drive and tsaid I > wanted a replacement and he looked at it............and one of the other > salespersons said out loud to him, "Its a hard drive." > > I guess he'd never seen one before that wasn't in a big cardboard box. > > THAT was worth the price of admission !!! > > Of course they didn't have any in stock and suggested that I should go home > and order it off the internet if I really wanted it. > > I went to BestByte and bought a Western Digital 5400 rpm WD400 IDE drive for > $113.00...about $70.00 U.S. > Thatr thing is so quiet I can't even tell its spinning . > > Anyway, the 40 gig drive is in my 6500 right now and the little bar is going > accross the screen to indicate that OS8.6 is installing on the Curley > partition. > > All done. Time to put 9.1 on the Larry partition. > > M -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
