Maxtor 60gig CHEAP!

[morkinva]

'c' note is $100 bill, as in roman numeral c

 

[icetea]

Damnit!! There ain't no mo 60gig! Can someone confirm this?

 

[Scarpozzi]

That is confirmed........

 

[hans007]

a 60 gig maxtor at 5400 rpm has 15 gig platters, while a 40 gig maxtor diamond max plus at 7200 has 10 gig platters. 7200/5400=60/40 so throughput should be the same. The 7200rpm will only win in seeks time theoretically. A 9 gig cheetah with 4.5 gig platters as the 18xl has at 10000 rpm will actually get slower preformance than the diamond max plus 7200rpm 40 gig. Of course the seek time is like 1/3 less than the 7200rpm and 1/2 as longs as the 60 gig at 5400

 

[RobK]

C-Note = $100
G = $1000
Sawbuck = $5
Dime bag = $10
Eighth of an ounce = ~$50 (quality redhair!)

 

[RobK]

Oh, and a sidenote about Google: I often work in the hosting center where their east coast operations are... They have rack upon rack of these little generic Linux boxes, just chugging along (no doubt in a huge Beowulf cluster or something of the like).

 

[Ranger X]

Would have been a good deal if it was 7200rpm

 

[WiKKed]

RobK --- are they hosted by global center or who? Just wondering...

 

[dc]

Ranger X: still is a good deal.

dc

 

[Xelman]

Pricewatch(http://www.pricewatch.com) has various 61.4GB at around that price. $238, $243, $245 are just some of the prices listed for 61.4GB drives. Pricewatch, for those of you who don't know, is a compilation of prices from hundreds and thousands of computer retailers on their products.