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Subject: Re: Best HDD's for laptops?
From: Gary Kline <kline () tao ! thought ! org>
Date: 2004-11-24 21:03:51
Message-ID: 20041124210350.GA18410 () thought ! org
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:14:36AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:24:15 -0800
> > From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 07:43:06PM -0500, Parv wrote:
> >
> > [[ ... ]]
> > >
> > (I *promised* myself not to sink another penny into my 600E
> > but in case I break my word: will just about any laptop
> > drive replace my 12GB IBM drive, or do I have to stick to
> > an IBM-"approved" drive?)
>
> No drive approval. (I'm really annoyed about the mini-PCI approval in
> my T30!) Any Toshiba or Hitachi drive should be OK as IBM used both as
> original equipment. I suspect that Fujitsu and any others would be
> fine, too.
>
> I've seen 40 GB drives for sale at about $80 over the past few weeks
> (both Toshiba and Hitachi) at Fry's, if you are in the right part of the
> country.
Fry's is the only place *I'd* go... Anyway, since I can
take this anywhere and have it serve as a second console
at home, it's nice to know that I'm not wedged when it
come to upgrading/replacing the HDD.
thanks guys,
gary
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Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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