[Cialug] Maxtor drives

Neal Daringer cialug@cialug.org
Tue, 17 May 2005 09:32:57 -0500


sorry i should pry say how many dvd's you get for that. they are 
spindles of 50.

Quoting Neal Daringer <admin@c0wzftp.com>:

> 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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