Re: mp3 advice?

(no name) ((no email))
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:11:14 -0500

> I should probably explain what my grand plan is. Disks and PCs are amazingly
> cheap these days. You can buy a 17 GB Ultra/ATA 66 drive for $200 (see
> http://www.pcconnection.com/scripts/productdetail.asp?product_id=98185).

If you're going to stick with 5400 rpm drives, then you might as well use rhe
Maxtor 27.2GB DiamondMax 6800:

http://www.pcconnection.com/scripts/productdetail.asp?product_id=100888

1.1 cents/MB, versus 1.2 for the Seagate, 4 times the buffer, and you can end
up with over 100 GB of music. This will be obsolete by January.

Cheers,
Wayne

http://www-oss.fnal.gov/~baisley