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bootstrap1@aol.com (Bootstrap1) wrote:
>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.

That's true. When you compare SCSI drives from the same manufacturer, the
prices do level out.

I think the whole discussion is sidetracked, though. The comment that
started this tangent was that external Mac storage was more expensive than
PC storage. When he said "external storage", I think he meant removeable
cartridge drives, not external hard drives. For the sake of comparison, PC
users can buy Colorado 250 MB internal tape drives for $153, and have been
able to for a while. 

Maybe the person who made the original comment can clarify things.



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