mazur@endor.harvard.edu (Eric Mazur) (01/14/87)
I'm looking into larger (i.e. > 20 MB) hard disks and it seems that there are some quite interesting differences in prices. I quote from the January MacWorld: Sunol Systems SunStreak SCSI-70 $3795 for 70 MB Rabbit Ind. Magic235 $3399 for 235 MB That seems like quite a different $/MB ratio. Anyway, I'm not looking for 235 MB drives in the $3k price range. These are three disks that look interesting to me from the point of view of $/MB ratio: Jasmine Comp. Direct Drive 80 $1380 for 80 MB Rabbit Ind. Magic65 $1399 for 65 MB Softworks, Ltd. SD-60 $1495 for 60 MB Note that the price goes up as capacity goes down!!? I'd appreciate mail from people who are familiar with hard disks from these three companies (not necessarily these particular models). Why are the prices so different? Is there (apart from some cosmetics) a basic difference between higher and lower prices disks? How about reliability? Eric Mazur Eric Mazur _A_R_P_A_-_N_E_T: mazur@harvard.harvard.EDU _B_I_T_N_E_T: mazur@harvunxh.bitnet _U_U_C_P: /----- mazur / /--- _d_a_s_y!mazur {seismo,harpo,ihnp4,linus,allegra,ut-sally}!_h_a_r_v_a_r_d! ------ \ \___ _l_a_s_e_x!mazur \_____ _m_o_l_p_h_y!mazur