Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar From: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Hard Drives -- external vs. internal Message-ID: <320@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 4 Dec 90 17:06:18 GMT References: Reply-To: dbarnhar@oiscola.UUCP (David C. Barnhart II) Organization: NCR/OISD Columbia Lines: 55 In article francis@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (RD Francis) writes: >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 There is at least one other reason besides price that I can think of -- the lack of space on most of our desks. That is a very large motivating factor. Not to mention the fact that, although it is slightly less trivial, most of us who use internal hard drives, would swap the disk with another Macintosh just as we would with an external drive. (With the II class of machines, it is not at all difficult to swap a hard disk drive, and I would prefer external drives with a Plus, SE, or Classic anyway, for the reasons you list above. Taking apart a Plus or SE is not my favorite exercise in fun.) Maybe I don't speak for the entire group, but I'm sure there are quite a few Mac users who feel the same way about this as I do. Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar -- Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar