BTW, the real MYTH or not questions is: 5. SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA. I'm sure it's been discussed a gazillion times before. -t

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA I'm sure that's true. Is it possible to get an external FW enclosure that can accept…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch I'm sure that's true. Is it possible to get an external FW enclosure that can accept SCSI drives? All the ones I've seen are IDE/ATA.Very n…

Does it really matter if you get an UltraATA 100 drive versus, say, a 133 drive? I realize the 133 is supposed to be faster, but I wonder. Also, should one really be looking for 72…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch Does it really matter if you get an UltraATA 100 drive versus, say, a 133 drive? I realize the 133 is supposed to be faster, but I wonder. …

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 If you don't care for Segate and the 5 yr warranty, here is another got deal: Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive $29.99 ht…

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 BTW, the real MYTH or not questions is: 5. SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA. I'm sure it's been discussed a gazillio…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika thirty dollars, and people wonder why modern consumer hard drives are unreliable pieces of ****. Everything you can get on the consumer ma…

point about the warranty. However, a warranty won't cover your data.

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch True or false?[list=1][*]Hard drives have dozens of vendors (Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, et al.) but are actually manufactur…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch Does it really matter if you get an UltraATA 100 drive versus, say, a 133 drive? I realize the 133 is supposed to be faster, but I wonder. …

Quote: Originally Posted by itguy05 But data recovery is a pricey operation (even for them), so the chances are small. Especially pricey for them, since the drive makers …

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Neither ATA/100 nor ATA/133 will get saturated by any single drive on the market, they're just not that fast yet. The interface is not the bott…

Well, yes and no. No drive with an ATA/66 interface is anywhere near fast enough to saturate its ATA bus, so the bus wouldn't be a bottleneck. But since few ATA/66 drives were even…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika point about the warranty. However, a warranty won't cover your data. Ick bin doch nich' bloed, wa ? Tuest du Backup machen... ! -t

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 BTW, the real MYTH or not questions is: 5. SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA. I'm sure it's been discussed a gazillio…

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Thta's why I said in my post above that I bought a Seagate. 5 years warranty is enough to make me feel good about it, despite a low price t…

Quote: Originally Posted by CatOne Thinking that a drive with a 5 year warranty is ANY more reliable than one with a 1 year warranty is folly. Manufacturers do some number crun…

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Ick bin doch nich' bloed, wa ? Tuest du Backup machen... ! -t Wir bein nicht Deutsch, ja? Scheissekopf.

Quote: Originally Posted by Zubir Wir bein nicht Deutsch, ja? Scheissekopf. Sollte das jetzt lustig sein ? -t

Quote: Originally Posted by CatOne They are more reliable. SCSI drives undergo significantly more testing at the factory than do IDE drives... Manufacturers test every single S…

Quote: Originally Posted by Zubir Wir bein nicht Deutsch, ja? Scheissekopf. Wilkommen im Internet. Your therapist or local college will help you overcome your language envy…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika Your therapist or local college will help you overcome your language envy. Hehe -t

I want to make buttons in this style, BUT I want to make them in different shapes as well, not just circles. I notice many buttons have the half-moon style reflection which is just…

There are several basic tutorials on how to make aqua-type buttons out there (which is where the whole "shiny button" trend came from.) You can take those basic tutorials and extra…