Computers and Related Hardware/Software

krim wrote:

i had 8 on my old PowerPC... my G4 now has 3 internal, and 4 external (1 being solely for system backup)

holy sh*t :shocked:
you must have every j-drama out there, on those hd's.... :bonk:
what are your top 3 drives you can recommend then....? external ones.
arigato. :bow: :applaud:

dochira wrote:We need Buruburu to come here and tell us how many drives he has. :hehe:

A whole lot.

Wonder what his electricity bill is like? :sweat: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
A whole lot.

Wonder what his electricity bill is like? :sweat: :hehe:

That's a very good question. I'm thinking he needs solar panels. :hehe:

krim wrote:

im guessing you'd want something lower?

buy.com
Memorex 1GB TravelDrive USB 2.0 Flash $50 - 5% off coupon = $48

that's a very good price. :bonk:
"b", you getting this one?

dochira wrote:That's a very good question. I'm thinking he needs solar panels. :hehe:

Or a hamster-driven generator. :hehe:

qilver wrote:that's a very good price. :bonk:
"b", you getting this one?

I've gotta do some more searching.

qilver wrote:

holy sh*t :shocked:
you must have every j-drama out there, on those hd's.... :bonk:
what are your top 3 drives you can recommend then....? external ones.
arigato. :bow: :applaud:

my dorama's are on DVD-R's... most of what i keep on drive are sound loops, and video files i used to work on.. i should clean them out, and remove a drive, it'd run less hot.. it's harder to mod a G4 case for cooler running.

hmm.. drives.. well 7200rpm's, i'd go with Seagate Barracuda's, i've always used them when i can, only 1 fail.
Toshiba's are pretty good, they're rather quiet.. i use those in my laptops. I suppose WD Caviars would be the last one.. though i've had a higher rate of failure with WD drives.

I think you'll be fine getting anything that's NOT a Hitach... i've not had much luck with Fujitsu's either.

krim wrote:

my dorama's are on DVD-R's... most of what i keep on drive are sound loops, and video files i used to work on.. i should clean them out, and remove a drive, it'd run less hot.. it's harder to mod a G4 case for cooler running.

hmm.. drives.. well 7200rpm's, i'd go with Seagate Barracuda's, i've always used them when i can, only 1 fail.
Toshiba's are pretty good, they're rather quiet.. i use those in my laptops. I suppose WD Caviars would be the last one.. though i've had a higher rate of failure with WD drives.

I think you'll be fine getting anything that's NOT a Hitach... i've not had much luck with Fujitsu's either.

cool, will keep it in mind, thanks. :thumbsup:

qilver wrote:

cool, will keep it in mind, thanks. :thumbsup:

remember that any drive by any company can fail, good backup habits are very important.

The new video iPods can play DVDs and other kinds of video if properly converted:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000027063418/#comments

Apparently a number of different applications can do the job. Some are all in one, others require two applications.



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

Get the new 16Mb Cache Hard drive, just as fast as the Raptor drives.

I wonder what it would be like with a 100Mb one :P Not that they can't do that now beacuse if they did no reason to upgrade.

SubaruWRX wrote:
I wonder what it would be like with a 100Mb one :P Not that they can't do that now beacuse if they did no reason to upgrade.

My first drive was 40MB.... :hehe:

dochira wrote:
My first drive was 40MB.... :hehe:

Lol My Aunt's old IBM drive was a 5 1/2 drive the platters were huge I doubt the drive held more then 20Mb.

dochira wrote:My first drive was 40MB.... :hehe:

Mine was 20MB and I was using Windows/286. :hehe:

my first drive was a 30m tape.

bmwracer wrote:
Mine was 20MB and I was using Windows/286. :hehe:

Mine was OS/2

krim wrote:my first drive was a 30m tape.

tape? think i might've had an old tape player for my commodore 64, took forever to load that thing, then came the diskdrive 5.25 disk, one step up, but still a turtle... :hehe:
:hehe:

qilver wrote:

tape? think i might've had an old tape player for my commodore 64, took forever to load that thing, then came the diskdrive 5.25 disk, one step up, but still a turtle... :hehe:
:hehe:

that's the one.. i still have it.

krim wrote:

that's the one.. i still have it.

think i junked that tape player, wonder if you can get anything for it off ebay, probably not, since there is no use for it now in the high-tech age.
maybe the tape player can find a home....in the museum. :hehe:

qilver wrote:

think i junked that tape player, wonder if you can get anything for it off ebay, probably not, since there is no use for it now in the high-tech age.
maybe the tape player can find a home....in the museum. :hehe:

i was thinking of decorating my house (future house, not current) with all my old hardware.. Tandys, Atari 2600/5600, C64, neogeo, nintendo, turbografix...