Okay, buying tech is ridiculously addictive.
Really?
We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.
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NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2008 10:48:52 pm PDT #5901 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
omnis_audis - Apr 27, 2008 12:08:23 am PDT #5902 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
has a Western Digital 320Gb 8Mb cache 5,400 rpm drive for $140, or a Seagate 200Gb 16Mb cache 7,200 rpm drive for $125.I'd go for the seagate. It's a bit less space, but the faster speed and larger cache will be good for just about anything. Also, I've had better luck with Seagate. Of course, everyones results vary.
DCJensen - Apr 27, 2008 5:31:59 am PDT #5903 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Sean, I recommend checking out dealnews.com before purchasing an internal HDD.
Specifically this page: [link]
Sean K - Apr 27, 2008 7:39:53 am PDT #5904 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
DAMMIT!
I had transfered my iTunes over from my old computer, and had successfully synced the iPhone with the new computer. Everything was copacetic.
I had decided this morning to try and switch my contacts and calendar over.
There were some advanced choices when I told iTunes to sync calendar and contacts -- I could sync stuff, but also tell it not to overwrite the old information.
Well.... I told it not to overwrite my old contact information, but it did anyway, which totally blew away all the old contact information on the phone.
Now I have nothing in there.
DAMMIT!
(I think it's still salvageable, in that the info is still in my old address book, and I can probably just migrate that over, but still... annoying.
Sean K - Apr 27, 2008 8:00:07 am PDT #5905 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And in non-annoyed posting:
Thanks for that link, Daniel! Awesomeness!
(Of course, my own caveat emptor -- if these drives are so cheap, is there a reason? Do they come from shipments that were dropped from a height or something?)
Sean K - Apr 27, 2008 8:15:44 am PDT #5906 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hat trick --
The MacBook Pro takes SATA internal hard drives, yes?
Sean K - Apr 27, 2008 8:18:25 am PDT #5907 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And in continued Sean Takes Over the Tech Thread news....
I'm don't understand why this 32Gb drive costs $700.
Tom Scola - Apr 27, 2008 8:19:44 am PDT #5908 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's a solid-state drive, Sean. It uses flash memory instead of a moving disk.
Sean K - Apr 27, 2008 8:21:06 am PDT #5909 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
AHA! Thanks, Scola.
Jon B. - Apr 27, 2008 9:20:11 am PDT #5910 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
if these drives are so cheap, is there a reason?
I was going to say that the prices you originally quoted
a Western Digital 320Gb 8Mb cache 5,400 rpm drive for $140, or a Seagate 200Gb 16Mb cache 7,200 rpm drive for $125.were rather expensive.