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From: hoofb@psu-cs.UUCP (Bruce Hoof)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE hard drives
Message-ID: <899@psu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 88 15:35:13 GMT
References: <43100007@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: hoofb@psu-cs.UUCP (Bruce Hoof)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Portland State University; Portland OR
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In article <43100007@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> leung@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
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>I am thinking of buying a Mac SE, but can not decide on what drive option to
>purchase.  The Apple 20 Meg hard drive is awfully slow.  Would it be better
>to buy a third party internal or external drive?  Does anybody have any
>experience with which brands to avoid or which brands are good?  Any info
>at all would be appreciated.

	I bought a Mac SE w/20HD SCSI computer back in November of '87.
When I got it I was tickled pink about the HD.  It was the first HD drive
I had and 85 ms seemed Lightning fast at the time. I never thought I would
use all of it either.  Well it is now August and I have not had my Mac for
a year.  Right after getting the computer I filled up all 20 MB with Purchased
and PD software.  Over time I have had to archive a lot of files because
I have kept running out of space.  Right now I have only the most frequently
used files on it and when I want an old file I have to go hunting for it.
Plus, since I develope programs, this fast drive has become extremely SLOW.

	The end result, I am now looking into a external 70+ Fast drive.
External because I can use it on any new Macs that I buy, and fast because
I am tired of the slow drive.

	The bottom line?  Get a two disk drive SE and buy a third Party HD.
Third party drives have come down in price and for a few extra dollars you
can double the size of the one apple offers.  You will get a bigger, faster
hard drive and have the two drives in the SE to use for faster backups.
I know I wish I had now.

Bruce Hoof
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