grobbins@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (02/15/90)
This is a quick mail-order review. I purchased a Quantum 105 external
hard drive from Third Wave Computing in Texas (800-284-0486) and I'm
satisfied.
Pros: price was MacWeek-competitive; knowledgeable sales rep on phone;
nice package - neat case, quiet fan, external SCSI select;
included latest System software and Disinfectant; no credit
card surcharge; $11 shipping by 2-day FedEx; a billing mistake
was corrected promptly; good length cable.
Cons: no manual or warranty card included; internally terminated;
ugly disk management software included; software strangely
spread out (for example, disk manager was on the hard drive,
not on the supplied floppy, though it only runs off a floppy);
supplied Finder had command keys added, may have been hacked
in other ways.
Summary: it's okay to buy from Third Wave, if price matters and if you're
familiar with setting up and maintaining Mac hard drives.
Grobbins grobbins@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
Usual disclaimer applies. Connectionists do it
in sublinear timegrobbins@ellison.cis.upenn.edu (Grobbins) (02/22/90)
In article <20402@netnews.upenn.edu> I wrote: >This is a quick mail-order review. I purchased a Quantum 105 external >hard drive from Third Wave Computing in Texas (800-284-0486) and I'm >satisfied. > >Pros: price was MacWeek-competitive; knowledgeable sales rep on phone; > nice package - neat case, quiet fan, external SCSI select; > included latest System software and Disinfectant; no credit > card surcharge; $11 shipping by 2-day FedEx; a billing mistake > was corrected promptly; good length cable. >Summary: it's okay to buy from Third Wave, if price matters and if you're > familiar with setting up and maintaining Mac hard drives. Followup: in response to a note made on my warranty reg card ("no manual was included") they sent me one. It is 34 laser-printed pages, fairly complete and readable. Revised summary: it's okay to buy from Third Wave if price matters and you don't need or want elaborate disk management software. Grobbins grobbins@eniac.seas.upenn.edu Usual disclaimer applies.