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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pietruk" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Hard drive filling up!


> Well, it's not only price, but more importantly, the price of these
> external drives are combining cheaper and cheaper per gb of storage.
> It is not unusual these days to see a 750gb and possibly upon occasion a
> 1tb (that is 1,000gb) of storage for around $100.
>
> For those not familiar with external drives, there are 2 types:  1 is a
> 3.5-inch drive which is a.c. powered and is generally used with desktops
> or laptops which are used more or less as desktops in a permanent
> location.
> The 2nd kind is a 2.5-inch drive which are ggenerally powered from a usb
> port.  The drawback to these 2.5-inch drives is that there rotational
> speed can be a bit slower (5400 rpm rather than 7200 rpm) and that, due to
> getting their power from the usb port, can be a drain on the pc.
> So the latter are viewed as portable drives and the former as drives to be
> used in permanent locations.
> I use both -- the 3.5 as my primary backup as well as my primary drive for
> podcasts and radio recordings through streaming and the 2.5 portables when
> on the road and as a secondary back-up backing up the back-up.
> The smaller drives, being portable units, tend to be slightly more costly
> per gb of storage as compared to their 3.5-inch cousins.
>
> These drives are available almost everywhere -- the last one I bought was
> at a Walmart. and Sunday sale ads always have some brand on sale
> somewhere.
>
> For serious pc users, they are a must.
>
>
>
>
> The Holy Spirit is nothing more than God in motion.
>
> Ray Pritchard, Keep Believing Ministries
> from the sermon "The Wind Blows Wherever It Wills
> http://www.keepbelieving.com/podcasts/HolySpirit1-Final.mp3"
>
>
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