Which external HDD to get for PCs?

[Ant]

Thats what I always do. It works too.

Not for me.Like I said, I am just powerless.

Wota wimp. It isnt hard to drive an aircraft carrier thru any bureaucracy.

Nope.

Hmm. Interesting.

Its just plain wrong, and there was a recent report in here of one that does it fine.
OK.

--
o/~ All the little ants are marching, red and black antennae waving...
they all do it the same... they all do it the same... way... o/~ --Ants
Marching song by Dave Matthews Band
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail.
( )

 

[Ant]

No. That is a 2.5" drive, the Ultra is a 3.5" and it has no
HDD--you add your own.

Ah. Hmm, I can't find any Ultra 3.5" ones on cdw.com. I guess that brand
is out.
--
o/~ All the little ants are marching, red and black antennae waving...
they all do it the same... they all do it the same... way... o/~ --Ants
Marching song by Dave Matthews Band
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail.
( )

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Rod Speed wrote in news:[email protected]

Thats what I always do. It works too.


Wota wimp. It isnt hard to drive an aircraft carrier thru any bureaucracy.

Its just plain wrong, and there was a recent report in here of one

Two actually, but I'm quite sure that the Ant troll is fully aware of that.

 

[Andre Majorel]

Interesting. Did Samsung just started making HDDs?

They must have been at it for at least a few years because I
just discovered a 80 GB at work. I assume their drives were only
marketed to OEMs before recently. Don't some Dell desktops have
Samsungs in them ?

Their SpinPoint 166 run cool and are reasonably fast and quiet.
No major problems in my limited experience.

 

[Ant]

They must have been at it for at least a few years because I
just discovered a 80 GB at work. I assume their drives were only
marketed to OEMs before recently. Don't some Dell desktops have
Samsungs in them ?

Their SpinPoint 166 run cool and are reasonably fast and quiet.
No major problems in my limited experience.

Weird that this was my first time I have seen Samsung make regular HDDs.
Is it rare?
--
"The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon
the ant." --Indian
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (e-mail address removed)
( ) or (e-mail address removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

 

[Arno Wagner]

On 10/3/2007 4:54 PM PT, Andre Majorel typed:

Weird that this was my first time I have seen Samsung make regular HDDs.
Is it rare?

Maybe it depends on geographic ares. Here the bare disks
have been available for at least 5 years at numerous
sources.

Arno

 

[Gerald Abrahamson]

Ah. Hmm, I can't find any Ultra 3.5" ones on cdw.com. I guess that brand
is out.

Then print out the item info from TigerDirect or Microcenter
and hand it to your boss. Tell him this is what the business
needs--and it is his job to get what the business needs (as
you do not have the authority to buy from sources that do
carry what is needed--as cdw does not carry it). If he
refuses, then get him to refuse your request in writing--and
keep it. Then buy whatever is the best (most expensive) from
cdw.

When it fails (which you expect to occur sooner rather than
later--based on reviews), you can pass the reason for the
failure onto your boss--because you requested, but were
denied, the authority to buy the not-expensive equipment the
business needed. Rather, you were required to buy from a
restricted/limited supplier who failed to carry what was
needed--and that restriction (which you tried to get
around--but was knowingly denied by management) caused the
problem.

 

[Ant]

Maybe it depends on geographic ares. Here the bare disks
have been available for at least 5 years at numerous
sources.

I am in L.A., CA, USA. You?
--
"Better (to be) an ant's head than a lion's tail." --Armenian and Maltese
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (e-mail address removed)
( ) or (e-mail address removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

 

[Rod Speed]

Weird that this was my first time I have seen Samsung make regular HDDs.

Is it rare?

Not rare so much as less commonly seen in retail stores, real or online.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Gerald Abrahamson wrote in news:[email protected]

Then print out the item info from TigerDirect or Microcenter
and hand it to your boss. Tell him this is what the business
needs--and it is his job to get what the business needs (as
you do not have the authority to buy from sources that do
carry what is needed--as cdw does not carry it). If he refuses,
then get him to refuse your request in writing--and keep it.
Then buy whatever is the best (most expensive) from cdw.

When it fails (which you expect to occur sooner rather than
later--based on reviews), you can pass the reason for the
failure onto your boss--because you requested, but were
denied, the authority to buy the not-expensive equipment the
business needed. Rather, you were required to buy from a
restricted/limited supplier who failed to carry what was
needed--and that restriction (which you tried to get around--
but was knowingly denied by management) caused the problem.

Ahh, you want him to speak up. Just what the humble submissive
worker ant with no skills of his own needs.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Maybe it depends on geographic ares. Here the bare disks
have been available for at least 5 years at numerous
sources.

[/QUOTE]

I am in L.A., CA, USA. You?

Zurich, Swizerland

Arno