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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: advice sought on hard drive pur
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Date: 13 Mar 88 20:08:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Mar 13 14:08:00 1988


I agree.  If you can at all afford it (e.g. consider taking public
transportation for 6 months) buy a bigger disk.  On a Mac II, a 40Mb
disk only holds ~160 8-bit screen pictures, for instance.  When you
buy the next larger disk, you usually get 50-100% more storage, and a
33% increase in speed.  All for about 20-30% more money.

The reason for this is the cost of the controller is practically
constant.  On a $500 20Mb disk, half the money is for the SCSI
controller, and half is for the disk.  On a $1000 disk, 25% of the
money is for the controller, 75% is for the disk.