Re: model 270

["Douglas W. Palme" <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Used? You need a new supplier, I just purchased 6 17 gb drives for 200 a 
pop.  Still more than I wanted to pay but certainly more reasonable than you 
were priced.

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:45:10 -0500, Dan wrote
> On 1/23/06, Jim Oberholtzer <JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > That box would work very well for the intent you have, although I would 
go
> > with 4 drives, with a minium size of  17gig each.  17s are on the used
> > market now for about $750.
> >
> 
> Kinda off topic, but I just have to half-laugh and half-sigh-in-disgust.
> $750 for a 17GB hard drive.  $44/GB.  Used.
> 
> Seagate 250GB ATA-100: $80, or $0.32/GB.  New.
> 
> OK, not fair.  How about a similarly sized Maxtor 18GB Ultra-320 
> SCSI 15K for $75, or $4.16/GB.  New.
> 
> Or a similarly priced Fujitsu 300GB Ultra-320 SCSI 10K for $760, or
> $2.53/GB.  New.
> 
> Yeah, yeah, different electronics, proprietary yada yada.  Whatever 
> you come up with, it's still a helluva markup.
> 
> - Dan
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If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.