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July 31st, 2002, 07:35 AM
#26
Khakisrule, there won't be any reviews because (as far as I know) the drives haven't hit the shelves yet. As for opinions, I think it's pretty fair to say that most people agree that these drives don't really have much point because, although they do hold a great deal of data, they will be extremely slow accessing said data. Furthermore, can you honestly say you'll use 200 GB of information? Granted my servers (and one workstation) have insane amounts of hard disk space, but that's because I need the space. I run a business and I have a great deal of data, most of which requires redundancy in case anything were to happen. Even if you plan to install 10 different OSes (though you only mentioned 4), 120 GB should be more than enough space. As I stated above, Linux generally doesn't require that much space. Even if you run Windows XP, I can't imagine that you'd need anything over 20 GB... anything over that's just overkill. The machine I'm currently using has an 18 GB hard drive for Windows XP and all of my programs, and even with the amount of programs I have installed, I am still only using 60% of the drive... before you go out and spend a fortune on a top-of-the-line 200 GB hard drive, I think you need to sort out exactly what you're requirements are (in speed as well as size) and purchase accordingly. It's not going to do you any good to break-the-bank by spending $400+ on a new drive, meaning you'll have to skimp on something else (for instance a slower processor, less RAM, less efficient video card, etc.) Just my opinion...
AJ
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