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In article <3tnmhd$sj8@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, macfaq@aol.com (MacFAQ) wrote:


> 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.
> 

I would be happy to clarify this point.  My original comment on "external
storage" was used in the broadest sense. Here in Australia, external hard
drives are generally cheaper for PCs than for Macs. Local prices for IDE
hard drives are significantly cheaper per MB than SCSI drives. And SCSI
drives are generally cheaper in PC shops than the same drives from Apple
dealers. My original comment also encompassed the tape drive issue, with
low cost units available for PCs but not for Macs. 

I have been surprised by some of the comments posted so far about the
different PC vs Mac hard drive prices in USA. Like one earlier poster, I
would be keen to hear of real prices for a benchmark hard drive, say a 1GB
drive from a major manufacturer, in both IDE and SCSI format?

Also, can anyone offer any further anecdotal evidence on my other original
points, ie the actual buying pattern of SCSI vs parallel Zips, and the
hypothesis that Mac users generate far more MB than PC users?

Thanks for all the input.

-- 
John Groves
NetSpace Online Systems, Melbourne, Australia
jcgroves@netspace.net.au