tra@j.cc.purdue.edu (T.R. Arnold) (08/04/87)
I haven't seen this topic discussed on the net (lately), so I thought I would bring it up and see what happened. I am this close || to purchasing a hard disk drive for my Mac Plus. I was looking for internals, but since the SE came out, everyone has decided that the Mac Plus can't handle internal drives because of the power supply. (* Harumph! *) So, I started looking for the cheapest (keyword: cheapest) hard disk on the market (that would not be DOA and would last). Sound familiar? I suppose this is normal consumer shopping at its best, eh? Anyway, I came upon an ad in MacUser for Microtech Peripherals, Inc. They have the cheapest 30meg drive -- external SCSI -- I have seen for the Macintosh. It is a "Nova 30" and sells for $689. My question: Is this really the cheapest (or "one of...") ?? And, if so, is it a reliable drive? They also list as benefits: One Year Warranty, Tech Support (toll free), and free shipping (UPS ground). Also, a 30day money back guarantee. Is this too good to be true?, or am I way off base? I wanna jump on the band wagon and become one of the many proud owners of a hard drive for my Mac!! I would really like an internal, but as I said companies seem to be staying away from Mac Plus internals with the intro of the SE. I would appreciate any and all replies. I will post a summary if requested. Tom Arnold -- tra@j.cc.PURDUE.EDU (317) 743-5760
hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Hallett) (08/04/87)
In article <4912@j.cc.purdue.edu> tra@j.cc.purdue.edu (T.R. Arnold) writes: > >Anyway, I came upon an ad in MacUser for Microtech Peripherals, Inc. They >have the cheapest 30meg drive -- external SCSI -- I have seen for the >Macintosh. It is a "Nova 30" and sells for $689. My question: Is this >really the cheapest (or "one of...") ?? And, if so, is it a reliable drive? For 30Meg, I would say so. I haven't seen any cheaper. This month, MacConnection is running a hardware special on 20Meg Rodime drives. Complete with cable and backup software for $569. They are fanless (read "no noise") and are extremely reliable. Rodime offers toll free assistance and extended warranty also. Check out your MacUser MacConnection advertisement. I plan on getting one at the end of this week. I have heard nothing on the reliability factor of Novae. Of course, this is assuming you will sacrifice 10Meg to save $100.... ;^) Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~