I do not think there is any chance in the world to recall EVERY CAR IN THE WORLD and replace it with an energy-intelligent unit. I don't think its necessary, either. Instead, the…

The biggest misconception that people have is that the ones promoting solar/wind/water whatever are stating it must happen now and 100%. Well, some probably are, but a more ration…

My iBook RGB port signal works fine with my external monitor. [it is a plasma] But now that I have PowerBook 15.2 DVI, the same cable hook up [using the cable adapter] does not g…

I couldn't make out the third sentence at all, but I think the thing is that the PowerBook allows desktop spanning: the external display is NOT mirroring the built-in one. Try it: …

got it - Thanks

True or false?Hard drives have dozens of vendors (Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, et al.) but are actually manufactured by a much smaller group of companies (say, three)…

1) false...the only reason I say that I because I've had various experiences with certain vendors working with some hardware and others not... 2) maybe...needs better clarificatio…

Quote: Originally Posted by cdetdi 4) manufacturers as in what? distributors or the actual manufacturers, Seagate, WD etc. If the latter, then false. Well, Maxtor explicitly…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch True or false?[*]You are almost always better off buying an "internal" drive and putting it in an inexpensive enclosure than buying a plug-…

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…