[KLUG Members] Re: New machine - Linux hardware?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>The limit's typically around 2 years, actually... two years ago I
>>would have considered 9 GB to be a nice medium capacity hard drive
>>for a typical user's PC.  As of right now, Pricewatch.com doesn't
>>list any IDE drives smaller than 20 GB, and the price difference
>>from 20 to 30 GB is nine bucks.
>Unfortunately, the "platter cost" v. the "rest of the drive" is the
>issue.  Maxtor is trying to address it with their new 20GB value
>drive.  It is a 40GB/platter drive, with one platter and only one
>head.  The list is supposed to be $89, so it might be available for
>as low as $50 in quantity.

A 20GB drive with ONE head?!  What a sick ^$!(*$% idea.

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