Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!shelby!csli!cower From: cower@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Richard Cower) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: large drives for the mac II Message-ID: <8536@csli.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 15 Apr 89 04:27:43 GMT Sender: cower@csli.Stanford.EDU (Richard Cower) Reply-To: cower@csli.stanford.edu (Richard Cower) Distribution: usa Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U. Lines: 13 i'm thinking of buying a large >150mb drive for my mac 2. what I'd like to know is 1. are full height drives a hassle? 2. do full height drives result in any cooling problems? 3. are the cdc wren drives as good as rumored? 5. any advantages you know of to the cdc swift drives? 5. do you think prices will keep drop much over the next couple of months on these large drives? i bought my mac with a 40mb internal, as that was all that was available. i lived with it till now, and given that is is sitting here with it's bearings screaming...I'm ready to get something else. thanks for your help. please send replies to cower@csli.stanford.edu. ...rich