neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene) (03/17/91)
Anyone that has recently purchased an internal or external hard drive, please mail me a summary as to which systems are prefered. I am gettting ready to purchase a 400 and 45 meg drive for our system and would like information for the best drive for the price, including quality. -- Neil Greene --- University of Kentucky Mathmatics and Sciences University of Kentucky Computing Center neil@s.ms.uky.edu & neil@graphlab.cc.uky.edu (NeXT Attachments)
jww502@anu.oz.au ("John W White") (03/29/91)
I'm sure there are others out there (like me) who appreciate a summary being posted to this group. I **NEED** something bigger than the 20Meg I've got at the moment !
feuer@labmed.ucsf.edu (Burt Feuerstein) (03/30/91)
In article <1991Mar29.062126.9844@newshost.anu.edu.au> jww502@anu.oz.au ("John W White") writes: >I'm sure there are others out there (like me) who appreciate a summary being posted to this group. I **NEED** something bigger than the 20Meg I've got at the moment ! Here are the replies I got concerning hard drives and Hard Drives Internatioal for the mac. Thanx to all. I bought a 105 mg Quantum from Club Mac for $389. It arrived within 3 days of ordering. No problems with the drive yet. I called up their tech support when installing the drive, and they seemed knowledgeable and helpful. ************************************************************************** I just picked up an external 105MB Quantum Pro from Club Mac (1-800-CLUBMAC). The price was $409+20 shipping. It's a great price, but it basically comes with no documentation. This drive has been discontinued so they are clearing them out. The Quantum mechanism has a 2-year warranty. ************************************************************************** I'm really happy with my GCC UltraDrive S 40meg. Heavy (college) use for over a year. Very fast, with 1:1 interleave even on my MacPlus. More expensive than many 40 meggers, but I hope to move it over to a MacII-style machine soon, and its speed will be appreciated then too. ************************************************************************** Regarding Hard Drives International: If this is the company located in Tempe, Az. I would beware. My roomate recently used my credit card to order a hard drive from them. He was originally told that the drive would ship that day and would arrive in three to five days. After 7 days he called the company and asked where his hard drive was. They told him that they were out of mounting brackets and that the drive had not shipped yet. He told them to ship it without the mounting bracket. After another couple of days the drive still had not arrived, so he called them again. This time he was told that the drive was out of stock and that it would be shipped as soon they got some more in. He told them that he better have the drive in 3 days or he was going to cancle the order. It arrived 2 days later. The real kicker of the whole thing is that my credit card was charged the day he ordered the drive. The drive has performed flawlessly so far, but the company has lousy business practices. Dave P.S. If anyone asks you what responses you got or you want to post this, you have my permission. -- ******************************************************************************** Subject: Hard Drives International Status: R 1-800-776-disk I bought a 105M drive from them. The drive case is pretty good. It has a fan, SCSI id changing wheel, metal case, etc. When they dropped the price of the 105 by $170 a week after I bought mine, I called them to see if they would rather refund the difference to m credit card or give me a RMA to return it under their '30 day worry free money back guarantee'. I was told I had to talk to a certain person who turned out never to be there. Her extension rang unanswered until I gave up in disgust. I understand that APS has a much better reputation. Their number is 800-233-7550 ******************************************************************************** Hard Drives International: 1.800.477.DISK. For IBM PC compatible drives they had an excellent reputation. I would assume that they have applied their knowhow to the Mac market as I am nearly ready to purchase a Quantum 105S for my Mac from them. They have a 30 day no questions asked return policy and 2 yr standard swapout policy on most drives. They have been around awhile but use your credit card for leverage. *********************************************************** I don't know about HDI but I do know a couple of people who ordered from ClubMac, which also has extremely competitive prices and good service. They bought a couple of 105M Quantums and had one of our Tech folks here check it out. It's nothing fancy, but he thought that it was solidly built. (Case was made in Argentina, of all places...) So if it's a matter of a few bucks, you might want to consider them... I personally ordered a tape backup from Alliance Peripheral. It's been great, a solid unit, and APS has a very good net reputation. Their prices may be a tad higher, though. Eric Baumgartner Internet: ebaum@dartmouth.edu Interactive Media Lab Applelink: DARTMED Dartmouth Medical School -- This space for rent. -- *********************************************************** Subject: Hard Drives Intl Hi, Their Number is 1-800-733-DISK. To date I have ordered three drives from them . 1 80 MB quantum and two 320 MB miniscribe and they got to me within a week. You might want to ask them if they have any specials on as they sometimes get drives which they don't advertise --- I have had no problems with any of my drives. Roger Smith ************************************************************** Subject: Hard Drives International Status: R This is in reply to your request concerning the number for Hard Drives Internati nal. (Sorry. I sometimes type ahead of myself). Anyway, the number is 800-776-DISK. I bought an 80Meg drive from them once, but wasn't too happy with it. After I had it for four months the power supply went, and I had to return it. They did send me a replacement. Eventually I sold it because the noise level was deafening. I now have a Jasmine Direct Drive 80, and it's considerably quieter. You should check out the April issue of MacUser. They have a whole article on budget hard drives. Might just be the thing for you. ************************************************************** Subject: Re: Hard Drives International Status: R Stay away from Hard Drives International. I had to return two drives to them, and they gave me a nightmare about it. If it weren't for my credit card saving me by doing a charge-back, I don't know when my situation (which was simply a pair of crapped-out drives) would have been resolved. I have heard one other horror story about these people, too. It may be a few more dollars, but try Allied Peripheral Systems. From what I've heard and seen (I recently bought from them), they offer the best service among the discount warehouses. Oh, APS's number is 1-800-233-7550. ************************************************************** Subject: Re: Hard Drives International I bought a 80 MB hard disk from them about 1.5 years ago and it is groovy. They are pleasant and helpful and have a very good price. Phone is 1-800-776-disk. Also, APS (Alliance Peripherial Systems) is good to deal with. 1-800-233-7550 -- Burt : UC San Francisco :...!{ucbvax,uunet}!cope.ucsf.edu!feuer Feuerstein : Dept. of Lab. Medicine : feuer@cope.ucsf.edu : PH. 415-476-3996 : FEUER@COPE.UCSF.EDU.BITNET