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- From: jhp3x@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Jeffrey Howard Porter)
- Subject: Re: Quantum vs. Maxtor hard disks
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.222211.4840@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:22:11 GMT
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- >Dave, I am using an A3000 that has two Quantum drives (52 MB and 105 MB,
- >both internal), one Maxtor drive (213 MB, external), and one SyQuest drive
- >(44 MB, external). The Maxtor drive is louder than the Quantum drives, but
- >I do not think that the noise is excessive (nor does the noise bother me).
- >I can hear both my Quantum and Maxtor drives, but the Maxtor is just
- >slightly more noisy (especially on power up when it "beeps" for a split
- >second). As far as access speed and spin-up speed, they both seem about the
- >same to me. If you have an A3000, then you do not need to upgrade, you can
- >just add another drive internally (as I did). If you want some docs on how
- >to do this, let me know (via e-mail).
- >
- >As far as price goes, I believe everyone lowered their prices by about $100
- >last week. You can buy a Maxtor 213 external SCSI drive for about $479 from
- >APS (where I bought mine). The internal version probably costs about $379,
- >which is a great deal in my opinion. Also, from what I remember, both
- >Quantum and Maxtor have the same warranty (two years). I do not work for
- >APS, but their customer service and prices are GREAT - I would recommend
- >that you check them out before purchasing anything. In fact, you should
- >find your best price and then call them last; they will probably match any
- >price if you are nice about mentioning some other companies "better" deal.
- >Oh yes, APS has toll-free technical support, which is handy if you run into
- >problems. Well, if you have any questions, let me know.
- >
- >Hope this helps,
- >
- >Lon
- >
- I just bought and installed a Maxtor 213 in my 3000 - I can hear in on
- boot up and yes it is a bit louder than my Quantum - but it is really
- negligible -
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- As for price - I paid 369 for it - a GREAT deal in my opinion - If you
- want to know where - EMAIL me - but I called several places and told
- them about this price - they told me that the place that sold me the
- drive had misprinted their add and it should be 479..NOT TRUE!! This
- place sells the IDE model for 259!!!]
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- Jeff
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