Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!arizona.edu!penny.telcom.arizona.edu!dalton Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Hard Drives shipped with NeXT's... Message-ID: From: dalton@cheetah.ece.arizona.edu (Jeff Dalton) Date: 8 Jun 91 15:45:06 Distribution: world,local Organization: University of Arizona, Systems Programmer. Nntp-Posting-Host: cheetah.ece.arizona.edu Lines: 23 I am about to purchase a new NeXTstation and as being only a poor college I can onlt afford the low end model at this time (with plans on upgrading to a larger SCSI HD later (soon hopefully)). In any case I was wondering what kind of stats there were from the 105 meg and the 200 meg drives that are shipped with the NeXTstations. Access times for both? Are they reliable? Are they loud?? Is one clearly better then the other? Is the 200 meg option a better deal? Should I go that route or buy the 105 now and buy a big external SCSI drive later (prices seem to be falling fast on SCSI drives...). I cannot afford (at this time) the bigger drive option from NeXT and would like to get my station as soon as possible ... so I am curious as to the quality of the drives I am considering buying. Any info would be greatly appreciated. E-mail please. Thanks! :) -- Jeff Dalton - "Khelben Blackstaff" University of Arizona, Systems Programmer dalton@arizona.edu || dalton@ece.arizona.edu