From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 13:26:34 EST
toshiba and IBM (i think) share some technology..
the main difference between the two, today, is that drive fitness test won't
run on a toshiba drive.. :-)
but if the clinks and gurgling of an IBM drive does not bother you, then IBM
may be the way to go..
you spends you money and you takes you chances.. :-)
richard wrote:
> At 12:40 AM 3/16/2000 -0500, Bill Morrow wrote:
> >the hitachi drive is found in many, if not all, 600E machines..
> >the 600E 400mhz machine i have now uses a 10gig, hitachi drive..
> >i don't know the speed or data throughput, but it seems to work well
> >enough.. :-)
> >
> >the toshiba drives seem to be quieter and also has a 1meg data buffer...
> >makes throughput faster, i suspect.. :-)
>
> The toshiba sounds like the way to go (at least, compared to the travelstar
> and the hitachi)
-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_gate.net
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