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Re: Zip Demand - Mac vs PC?

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From: Bootstrap1
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 00:00

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root@spielman-ian.eigenmann.indiana.edu (root) wrote:

>I can get a 1.4 gig eide drive NEW for about $275 (Yes $275, not a type 
>o) The brands I've seen at that are IBM, Conner, and for $295 western 
>Digital. I think that maxtors were running at $315.
>My experance has been that PC storage is cheaper than macstorage, but a 
>SCSI drive ordered from a MAC company is about 7% cheaper than the same 
>SCSI drive orederd from a PC company. The opisite is true for IDE drives.

Why is it so hard for PC advocates to compare apples to apples?  How 'bout
giving the lowest price you've seen for 1G (or higher) IDE drive using a
*QUANTUM* mechanism, which is the same mechanism I quoted.  That would
indicate whether comparable drives are comparably priced.

Nathan Tennies
Bootstrap Enterprises Inc

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Date: 1995/07/08
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