From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 16 16:29:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA11760 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:29:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA11749 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:29:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA02507; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:28:44 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199607162328.QAA02507@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: mitsumi CD-ROM To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:28:43 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199607162315.TAA22612@etinc.com> from "Dennis" at Jul 16, 96 07:15:06 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> > I fail to see value in "disposable" hardware. That's just wasteful. In > >> > the long-run, you end up spending _more_ than you did on just one piece > >> > of good hardware. > >> > >> While I agree with your comments about spending an extra buck or two > >> on things like SCSI, generally recouping the cost in reduced hair loss > >> and psychiatric sessions, I can't say agree that there's no point at > >> all in deliberately producing disposable solutions. > > > >The difference in price on drives is history (IMO), unless you are > >an idiot and buy from the wrong middleman. > > Horse Hockey. Typical low-end 2 gig substem is $400 more for SCSI Are you not in the US? Buy a Computer Shopper, look up "Dirt Cheap Drives". Compare SCSI vs. IDE. You are apparently buying from the wrong middleman... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.