rajiv@ee.rochester.edu (Rajiv Arora) (03/21/91)
In case you hadn't noticed, the prices of hard drives seem to have fallen a
bit, judging by the prices in the last MacUser. I bought a 105M external drive
from Hard Drives International (the brand is PowerDrive) for $399! I've had it
now for a couple of weeks and it works just fine. The mechanism is a Quantum
P105S, and the unit comes with a 30-day MBG and a 2-year warranty.
This posting should in no way be considered an endorsement of HDI or their
products since I have not owned the unit long enough to assess its reliability.
However, my initial impressions were quite favorable--the quality of
construction seems comparable to that of Ehman drives. Delivery was prompt (I
received the unit in < 1 week) and the unit SEEMED brand-new. They claim the
reason for the ultra-low price (their 80M Quantum sells for $419--go figure!)
is inventory reduction.
Make of all this what you will. I've taken the plunge already--check it out for
yourself.
-Rajiv Arora
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Internet: rajiv@ee.rochester.edu ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi) (03/21/91)
In article <1991Mar20.223528.8152@ee.rochester.edu> rajiv@ee.rochester.edu (Rajiv Arora) writes: >In case you hadn't noticed, the prices of hard drives seem to have fallen a >bit, judging by the prices in the last MacUser. I bought a 105M external drive >from Hard Drives International (the brand is PowerDrive) for $399! I've had it >now for a couple of weeks and it works just fine. The mechanism is a Quantum >P105S, and the unit comes with a 30-day MBG and a 2-year warranty. >reason for the ultra-low price (their 80M Quantum sells for $419--go figure!) >is inventory reduction. I took advantage of the general drop in price on Quantum 105s as well. I got mine from Relax Technologies out in California. Got the drive a few days ago. I was expecting to get one of the P105Ss, since that seems to be what Quantum is having their fire sale on. So I was surprised to find out that the drive inside my box is actually one of the new LPS105s. If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the new 1/3 height drives, right? I can't imagine that there would be a reason for me to be upset about this, but is there? What, other than height, is the difference between the LPS105 and the P105S? Access time? MTBF? -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunq.att.com att!mtunq!ralph Nothing falls up without being hurled