[Cialug] Maxtor drives

[Neal Daringer]

staples has 200gb drives(not sure on the brand) for $60 (after rebate) 
i saw in
the leaflet in the sunday paper.

DVD+R or DVD-R for under $10 (no limit on how many you can get too)


Quoting timwilson011@mchsi.com:

> My only problem with Weeknees and QuickView is the price.  $120 for 
> 120GB?  You
> can get other drives of the same size for about $70, maybe even less 
> depending
> upon deals available.  $50 for quiet drives seems a little much 
> considering my
> Samsung drive is pretty quiet, and I paid under the average price 2 years ago
> (which was $120 then).
>
> --
> Tim W.
>
>
>> Dan Hockey wrote:
>>
>> > Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does anyone else have the same disdain for the Maxtor brand that I
>> >> do?  I
>> >> will never knowingly purchase a drive marked Maxtor.
>> >>
>> >> We have an inexpensive Compaq DL320 I use to store and image drives
>> >> from.
>> >> Unbelievably, it came with Maxtor IDE drives in it.  (It was from
>> >> over three
>> >> years ago - I chose IDE over SCSI at the time because it was
>> >> non-critical
>> >> and I could get more capacity for less $$$ with IDE). I have had two
>> >> Maxtor
>> >> drives fail in the unit over the past two years.  I have had other poor
>> >> experiences with Maxtor at home as well - from before I knew better.
>> >> Anyone have anything good to say about Maxtor?  Anyone else care to
>> >> vent?
>> >>
>> >> -Nate
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>> >>
>> > get a maxtor quickview, its next to silent the kind that's used in
>> > pvrs. I bought mine about two years ago and its still running 24x7 in
>> > my smb box.I think http://www.weaknees.com still has them.
>> > -dh
>> >
>> >
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>> Heres the full link if anyone is interested....
>> http://www.weaknees.com/quickview_drives.php
>> -dh
>>
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