Re: Good Intel-Mac group ?

2014-06-03 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 30-05-2014 19:09, Fabian Fang, f...@mac.com, wrote: On May 30, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Geke wrote: Which is a good group for Intel-based Macs? There's so many groups that I really don't know which one to pick. Some time ago I bought a Mac Mini Core Dual, and so far I had no problems. But

Re: Hard Drives

2014-06-03 Thread Nestamicky
On 14-06-02 1:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Sadly, for the majority of the models under discussion here the answer is 'See if you can find a 7200 rpm drive'. These systems are cursed with obsolete technology. IDE-based SSD's are tiny and hugely expensive, 7200 RPM drives are getting scarce,

Re: Hard Drives

2014-06-03 Thread Nestamicky
On 14-06-02 10:14 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: Seems like all you can really do is make good backup's and even replace your backup drives every so often. This reminds me of a post I made in a Linux forum a few years back. I asked why Ubuntu continue to release newer version of their linux,

Re: Hard Drives

2014-06-03 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Monday, June 2, 2014 2:53:18 PM UTC-5, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Nestamicky nesta...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Most people simply go for size these days, but as Bruce and others have pointed, that could indeed be the curse. So, what tech

Re: Hard Drives

2014-06-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 3, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: Why for example, do manufacturers still offer five years warranty on so-called enterprise HDs, and a year or two for prosumers as Peter tells us? Because they charge 2-4X for those drives. Remember the cardinal rule of