From: Michael Geary (Mike_at_Geary.com)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 13:23:21 EST
> You're right, IC-Direct has the Toshiba for $454.12. Too bad they don't
> ship overseas :-( Interestingly enough, they also have a "CMS 18GB EASY
> PLUG-EASY GO NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE IBM THINKPAD 600" for $677.56. I'm just
> wondering about the value of this "plug-easy" deal, as I found it was
> pretty easy to take out the hard drive in my TP600E.
The CMS version no doubt includes that mounting tray Bill sells for $20. <g>
And you don't know which drive mechanism they're giving you--IBM or Toshiba.
For the overseas shipping, try CMPExpress instead of IC-Direct. There are
more expensive on some items, but on the Toshiba drive they are within
pennies:
http://beta.cmpexpress.com/store/htmlos/0495.2.59890170102
http://webfarm.cmpexpress.com/companyinfo/international.asp
If you look at the "real time inventory" on either the CMPExpress or
IC-Direct sites, you'll notice they have identical warehouse locations and
quantities--they both use the same distributor.
> >If you haven't been through the drill before, you should get a TP600 tray
> >and an Ultraslimbay 2nd HDD adapter, then use Partition Magic or the like
> >to transfer your existing partition to the new drive. Bill sometimes has
> >the 2nd HDD adapters in stock, or else ic-direct has a bunch of them
> >(search their site for "ultraslimbay").
>
> As a matter of fact, I just bought an UltraSlimBay 2nd HDD adapter on
> eBay. Damn', I paid a few bucks more than the IC-Direct price :-(.
The price you paid was still quite reasonable, and eBay sellers 'theteam'
are real nice folks.
BTW, here's somebody who just paid *twice* what you did for one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=268122855
-Mike
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