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>
>There may be exceptions, but in a market as competitive as that for
>hard disks, a higher price will reflect a higher quality.  The *proper*
>question to ask is, "What is the *most*reliable* 20-40 Meg disk my
>friend can buy?"  Almost certainly the price increment will be in the
>small hundreds, *easily* justified in savings of time and peace of mind.
>
>///////   /     David Cortesi               {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!cortesi

	David, for many people in the world, cost is the most important
matter regardless of what their needs are.  Myself?  I purchased a Mac SE with
two floppy drives nearly 1.5 years ago. I then purchased my 40 meg Hard Drive
from a mail order company (to save a few hundred bucks off what Apple could
offer).  The price was $671 after taxes and so forth.... and was/still is one
of the most reliable drives on the market I believe... Quantum 40...
	I bought the drive because it had the lowest price offered... but still
took into account the reliability (50,000 MTBF).
	As far as prices to quality relationships are concerned... it all
depends upon the company that is doing the reselling.... many of the
products are exactly the same.... just have a different case and label on them!

	-- Piper Keairnes  (ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)