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From: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Info. Request: Quantum 105 Meg HD for an SE
Message-ID: <3784@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 06:48:46 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Academic Computing Services
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I'm beginning to run extremely low on HD space and figure it would be a
good idea to grab myself a 105 Meg Quantum before they're all gone.  I'm
sure many of the netters have already taken advantage of the deal, so I
asking some advice on which place to buy from.

Price-wise, here are the top five mail-order houses listed in the May
issue of MacUser:
     1.  Hard Drives International
     2.  Wholesale 54
     3.  MacTel
     4.  Alliance Peripheral Systems
     5.  MacLand

Has anybody bought a Quantum (or anything) from these companies?  I'm
particularly interested, of course, on which ones to stay away from.  I'm
leaning towards W54, which lists the same price ($349) as HDI but with
faster access times (12ms/19ms).  If you have been a satisfied customer of
a company not listed above, I would like to hear it.

Also, if you've dropped one of these into an SE, I would appreciate some
info. on how much of a problem it was and any tips that might make the
experience less troublesome.

Email me, please, and I'll post a summary if there is enough of a demand.

Thanks!

         ---------   Doc


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