Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!francis From: francis@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (RD Francis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Hard Drives -- external vs. internal Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 18:22:45 GMT Sender: francis@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Lines: 18 I'm just curious about something. Almost everyone in this newsgroup seems to prefer internal hard drives to external ones. Now, I know that the internals are less expensive; however, that's the only reason I can think of why I'd want one. Certainly at work, I wish that I had an external hard drive; after all, I can move that to another machine trivially if my machine dies, while I'm stuck (at least for a while, longer if Pluses are the only ohter machine available) with my hard drive tied to a machine that doesn't work with an internal drive. Even at home, I feel more comfortable knowing that I can trivially hook myself up somewhere else if my Mac Plus ever dies. Aside form cost, why should people use internal hard drives instead of externals? Please respond to the group; I'm just curious, and have posted in an effort to enlighten everyone on the issue, not just myself. I'm not trying to make a decision or anything, just wanted to stir up a discussion. -- R David Francis francis@cis.ohio-state.edu