Made the plunge . . . lots of issues though.

[Bradley Miller]

At 09:39 AM 6/21/02 -0500, Gene Dascher wrote:
>All I can say is that Mandrake 8.2 is a lot more user friendly than 7.2!  I
>remember some of the same issues when I used 7.2(briefly).  You might
>consider upgrading.
>
>BTW, what make/model drive did you get, where, and for how much?  I am
>looking for a large capacity (40-80 GB) to start capturing digital video and
>am looking for a good deal.

I picked up a 60Gig Maxtor from Best Buy for $129.  There's a mail in
rebate on it of $30, plus I had a Best Buy Gift Card for $25.  7200 RPM,
ATA/133.  Seems like a good drive, even if my ATA/66Mhz isn't giving it all
it's worth.  I figured it to be $1.66/Gig so it was a better buy than the
Western Digital drives at $99 for 40 Gig.  The other one I was looking at
was $89 for 30 Gig, which makes it $3/Gig.  Ugh!   If you are really
looking for a bargain per $/Gig, they had a 120 Gig drive (Maxtor) with
something like a $130 mail in rebate??  I think it was like $149???  ($279
before?)  

-- Bradley Miller