Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:03:51 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best HDD's for laptops? Message-ID: <20041124210350.GA18410@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20041124161436.914825D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20041124082415.GA71963@thought.org> <20041124161436.914825D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:14:36AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:24:15 -0800 > > From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 07:43:06PM -0500, Parv wrote: > > > > [[ ... ]] > > > > > (I *promised* myself not to sink another penny into my 600E > > but in case I break my word: will just about any laptop > > drive replace my 12GB IBM drive, or do I have to stick to > > an IBM-"approved" drive?) > > No drive approval. (I'm really annoyed about the mini-PCI approval in > my T30!) Any Toshiba or Hitachi drive should be OK as IBM used both as > original equipment. I suspect that Fujitsu and any others would be > fine, too. > > I've seen 40 GB drives for sale at about $80 over the past few weeks > (both Toshiba and Hitachi) at Fry's, if you are in the right part of the > country. Fry's is the only place *I'd* go... Anyway, since I can take this anywhere and have it serve as a second console at home, it's nice to know that I'm not wedged when it come to upgrading/replacing the HDD. thanks guys, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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