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Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA drives are inexpensive and I could use another 2TB of drives for storage only. Are these drives any good or is there some reason not to get them, such as poor reliability, high heat, or high noise? I want to order some drives ASAP. Thanks.

It is an easy answer - NO!!!

I thought your coherency issues were mainly caused by late-night PIO. :)

You are the Bartender?

The two 750GB ATA drives I have are relatively cool and quiet, whereas the SATA one was hot and noisy. It's like they are different drives. Unfortunately ATA ports are disappearing so I'm reluctant to buy any more than the 7TB+ of ATA drives.

In hope the Segate 1TB drives available next year are better than the horrific 750GB SATA ones. I still don't understand why are so different from the similar PATA drives.

Perhaps anyone who can't parallel park should not be parallel parking, rather than not driving. I have not had occasion to parallel park in more than 10 years. I suppose such parking is necessary in the crowded cities. In many areas around here street parking is not allowed and there are...

Why do I suspect that you have a broken a lease or two here and there? ;)

D'OH! It is funny, but I really was not thinking about the implants. Or rather I was thinking that is was odd to wip out the implants in the middle of a restaurant.

It depends on the state. I do not recall a driving test requirement for parallel parking, but it was soooo long ago. Yeah, Kevin is a nice guy. Sorry for the overreaction, but always seems to be so pro-GM and my experiences with them have been negative.

I never parallel park, so that system seems like a (theoretically) nice feature, albeit one that needs some bugs worked out. Of course it will never substitute for human judgement. I wonder if the autoparking system were available on some POS Chevy, would Kevin be allowed to complain?

Does anyone know when we will be seeing more drives like this from other makers? Is it the end of the like for larger PATA models? All of the PSDs and most external enclosures use PATA drives.

Hrm. I guess you could get an extra pair and secure them in a easy-to-feel location for future emergencies. I'm lucky enough to only need the reading glasses for up close work.

Merc, What did the cat do with your eyeglasses? I assume you found them eventually.

100 mb ethernet = too slow

Why does that sound suspicious?

YGPM.

Same here! I'm the anti-tech curmudgeon. I am sure that one cannot type on those tiny buttons nearly as fast as one can speak. Typing text seems to defeat the purpose of having it be a telephone.

I don't suppose you have considered just being yourself? Or is that out of character?

:D

Yikes, she sounds like a gold digger. Run, Forrest, run!

I want to use the old drives as much as possible. Currently there are over 3TB internal drives and piles of external drives, some in carriers. I want 4 PATA ports, 6 SATA ports, and 3 FW as well. A few PCI slots would be nice for the old cards. Can I use the old case and PS or are the...

I don't think the quad cores are worthwhile at this point and it should be possible to upgrade in the future. So if you had to build over Thanksgiving Weekend, which components would you get?

Will the 4-core CPUs be available by January or February? Canon DPP still only supports one CPU.

Well, I would get 4x1GB initially and then replace them with 4x2GB later on.

That would be when, around Q2-3 of 2007?

My computer is quite old and it is time to rebuild soon. Are there many improvements or price changes expected in the next two months? The Intel E6700 currently seems to be the processor of choice, but which motherboard and RAM to get? I need 4GB now and plan an upgrade to 8GB next summer or...

It hardly seems worthwhile, unless you have some use for a 250GB drive. ???

What's wrong with American women?

Why not? A black heatsink provides a bit better radiant heat transfer to the surrounding environment, assuming that the heatsink is not absorbing radiation, e.g., in the sun.

Nah, 500GB is almost too small heading towards 2007. Where are the 960GB drives then, so the 750s will be more reasonable. ;) There are piles of old 250GB drives to replace.

Yikes! Why are you always moving in such dire straits? Settle down, young man. ;)

Yahoo Slurp!? That sounds positively revolting.

That is just what we all need - another proprietary data storage format. :( Where will my data be in 10 years?

Don't they provide some limited dial-up time for such contingencies and travel to isolated areas?

That is what most people were expecting two years ago after the 1Ds MK II was announced. However, PK 2006 looks to be dead for Nikon and Canon and other manufacturers are now quite competitive in the cheaper body dept.

It probably has low STR. I'd rather see a comparison with 7200 RPM drives than 5400 RPM drives.

Yeah, me too.

I'm underwhelmed.

I have 38GB left of CF cards. The oldest/smallest is a 2GB 45x. The others are 2 or 4GB Ultra IIs and Extreme IIIs, except for one 8GB Ridata 150x used on rainy days. Usually I start out with one 4GB Extreme III in each 1Ds MK II and a 2GB Extreme III in the 30D. Sometimes I only use two...

I'll wait for the Extreme IVs before going to 12 or 16GB. Not that I'd risk more than 8GB in a 16.7 megapixel body, and no new bodies in sight... :(

I don't even have the DDR2 yet and now DDR3?

Bah, even I knew that IBM invented and made hard drives and that was long before I owned a computer or heard of the internet. Until reading the SR review of the Pegasus I though that Hitachi made excavation equipment, e.g., earthmovers and such. :o

BTW, I don't feel any more vibration than with other drives and access times are fine.

I picked off a couple of the retail ATA version at the CompUSA last week and they are good drives. Capacity is only 698GB, but you know how that goes...

My gripe is that Flash forces itself to download for 2-3 minutes and then asks to install. During the download time the internet is useless. The message asking for permission to install should appear beforehand. This should be illegal IMO.

OMG that is totally messed up! The victim is not responsible for the crime. How would you feel it was your 83 year old mother robbed and beaten?

Whether Macromedia or Adobe, Flash is an abomination. It is an offense to the senses and forces the download to IE to try and install itself.

So counterfeit is translated as stolen in some asian language?

Um, that post was 05-27-2005. ;)