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From: jalden@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joshua M. Alden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard Drives
Keywords: Ehman/Cutting Edge 32, Microtech Nova 40, Mirrow Technologies M30
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Date: 17 Nov 89 21:35:11 GMT
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In article <5488@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> jgt@uhccux.UUCP (John Tsang) writes:
>In article <89110303365844@masnet.uucp> henry.matejko@canremote.uucp (HENRY MATEJKO) writes:
>>I need to move up to a 40-60 Meg hard drive for my Mac.  I would
>
>The article listed on the Summary line (of this article) has
>a very good review of a few very inexpensive hard disks:
>
>Ehman/Cutting Edge 32, Microtech Nova 40, Mirror Technologies M30 
>$479/$749		$649			$587

>I would go for Microtech Nova 40, because it uses the faster
>Quantum drive with the Claimed Access time (ms) of 19, and,
>5 years warranty.
>
>	I doubt there will be any better deal than this.


    There are much better deals.  I work a bit over 20 hours a week at
the Kiewit Computation Center here at Dartmouth.  I repair hard drives,
among other things.  Two years ago, Dartmouth endorsed the Novas as the
drive for the incoming freshmen, and we in User Services have been
fixing them ever since.  They tend to break, quite a bit.  They can't be
re-named without being re-formatted.  You can't update the System on a
Nova without completely re-formatting and re-installing.

    Don't touch the Novas!

    The above two paragraphs come from my experience working with Novas
in a professional capacity.

    My own personal opinion, which has nothing to do with my
employers or my job, but with my personal experience at home, is that
you can't go wrong with the drives from La Cie.  I've had one for over a
year now, and I've never had any problem with it.  Neither have the four
other people that I know have them.  They're fast, quiet, portable, and
they come bundled with disk management software that was rated #1 by
MacUser, if memory serves.

    They advertise in MacWeek.

    Good luck!

-Josh.


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