Re: RE: Some upgrading questions...

[vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb (Dan Brown)]

In <3h3sag$427@newsbf02.news.aol.com> mjmahon@aol.com (MJMahon) writes:

>Several replies in this thread have suggested that IDE hard
>disks and SCSI hard disks are "about the same price" or
>SCSI's are "only about $10-$20 more expensive."
>
>Well, not according to the ads I read!  I'm a "bottom feeder"

        OK, I'll support what I said...  I generally get prices out of
Computer Shopper, which tends to be PC-biased.  Dirt Cheap Drives generally
has the best prices in the magazine.  From their ad in the 11/94 issue:

                                                        IDE     SCSI

Quantum 170 MB (ELS170)                                 $189    $169
Quantum 270 MB (LPS270)                                 $190    $190
Quantum 342 MB (LPS340)                                 $209    $233
Quantum 541 MB (LPS540)                                 $255    $269
Micropolis 1050 MB (MC4110)                             $619    $619
Connor 1060 SCSI / 1080 IDE (CFP1060/CFP1080A)          $559    $585

        The prices are probably down a bit overall by now (three months
later), but I think my comparison is reasonable.  This doesn't include
fire-sale/clearance/etc prices, though; it's more "normal" pricing.

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