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If you buy a drive in a retail box, it should include a cable and screws.
Like this one: [link]
If you buy an OEM drive you'll save money, but it won't come with a cable or screws. OTOH, you might not need a cable. If you look at the cable connecting to your hard drive and see another connector on it that isn't plugged into anything, then you're golden. You'd probably need screws though unless you have an old computer still hanging around that you can steal them from. It's possible that the case doesn't need screws to add a hard drive, you can probably figure it out from looking where the hard drive will go.
You can get screws like these:
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It's a Dimension 4600, original equipment, which means one 40-G hard drive, 1 48x CD_RW. I should have plenty of room on the IDE.
Dell will only sell me an additional 80G internal; the specs are
Internal, 80 GB, 7200 RPM, EIDE Interface, Up to 100 MBps, 8.9 ms Seek Time (Read), 2 MB Cache, For Dell Dimension B110/1100 Desktops and Precision Workstations 450/650. $60.00 plus shipping.
That seems kind of a rip-off compared to the 120G Western Digital you linked to.
I dunno that it is a rip-off, but 80GB isn't the sweet-spot of capacity vs. price anymore. It just doesn't cost hardly any more to get a much larger capacity.
I need to get around to upgrading or adding a drive to my Dimension as well. Big drives are necessary for music and video, yassuh.
That seems kind of a rip-off compared to the 120G Western Digital you linked to.
I paid $70 for an 80 GB HD for a computer here at work just this past Tuesday, so it's actually not that bad a price. You'll probably be happier with the bigger drive, though.
I paid $70 for an 80 GB HD for a computer here at work just this past Tuesday, so it's actually not that bad a price.
I regularly see deals on dealnews.com for top brand hard drives at 50 cents/GB.
My first hard drive came out to $10/Meg.
The first hard drive I was ever involved in buying was a 5 MB drive for a TRS-80. It was $5000 ($1000/MB).
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Apple today held its annual shareholder meeting. While Apple kept to its policy of not discussing upcoming products, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs said that the upcoming products are "the best I’ve ever seen in my life". He also reportedly replied "we hear you" when one shareholder requested that the company make the "ultimate media center," including personal video recorder functionality.
The exact circumstances of the quote are unclear at this point, with conflicting reports from Macworld and Think Secret. Think Secret specifies that the shareholder was speaking in regards to Microsoft's Media Center.
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A few people might acuse Jobs of hyberbole, but when he says, "the best I’ve ever seen in my life," I'm hoping he's talking about the new iOrb, that brings complete peace, joy and fulfillment to all who touch it....
