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> Has anyone out there picked up the new hard disk drive(s) from Warp-9?

I am familiar with 5 Photon 20s.  Four are the older model and one is the
new model that fits underneath the Mac.  Warp Nine claims that the new ones
contain the same drive as the older ones.  The four older ones have worked
well for many many months.  The new one worked well for three months and
then developed a high-pitched whine, but otherwise worked normally.  I
returned it under warranty and received a replacement in 10 days.  The
drives' performance is reasonable.  They are a bit noisy because they have a
fan, but so do most hard drives.  If you don't have a SCSI cable to connect
the drive to your Mac, add about $30 to the advertised price.

The Macintosh Journal published a compartive review of 13 Mac hard disks.
Their review of the Jasmine Direct Drive 20 was very good.  It was one of
the fastest drives they tested, was judged to be well built, and is as cheap
as the Photon 20.  You should consider it as well.

Duane Williams
(dtw@me.ri.cmu.edu)