On Thu, 3 May 2007, Florin Iucha wrote: >> just thought i'd mention, micro center has seagate sata3 750gb drives >> for $200 after a $60 mail in rebate. > > Somebody at the minibar who works in storage mentioned that those > seagate drives only use checksums for one side of the platters. > > Caveat emptor (for both the hard drive and the tip). Also not such a good deal since you can get 500's for $125 regularly and $100 on a semi-regular basis.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------