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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What's the "best" drive around?
Summary: Go with LaCie
Keywords: HD
Message-ID: <1866@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 14 Mar 90 20:29:10 GMT
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In article <8411@potomac.ads.com> jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes:
[original question:  what's the best drive?  fastest?]
>
>Not really.  The Mac Plus has a very slow SCSI interface so no matter
>how fast the drive, your Plus won't be able to enhale the bits fast
>enough to keep up with it.

I'm not entirely sure I buy this.  My HyperDrive FX/20 was rated my MacWorld
as one of the fastest 20Meg drives available when they tested them.  It also
outran every other 20, and most 40's that I saw.  However, when I purchased my
LaCie 105Mb, which has an effective 12ms seek, a cache, and pretty good data
transfer, I saw at least a twofold performance increase.  Probably more like
3-fold.  Speed definitely makes a difference!!!  Not to mention LaCie's
excellent service, the neat stuff that comes with their drives, and the 5 YEAR
WARRANTY!!!!

--Mike