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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:47527 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3712 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:59901 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2434 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!dove!epg.nist.gov!scholten From: scholten@epg.nist.gov (Robert Scholten) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <CA0zJr.5DE@dove.nist.gov> Sender: news@dove.nist.gov Organization: NIST References: <21k903$3q4@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> <PCG.93Jul12003233@decb.aber.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 00:19:03 GMT Lines: 20 In article <PCG.93Jul12003233@decb.aber.ac.uk>, pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes: |> Chris> Disk space is simple: figure out how much you need, and double |> Chris> it. I decided to get a 340 meg disk, which seems ridiculously |> Chris> more than necessary for me today, so it will probably be stuffed |> Chris> full by the end of the year. |> |> Get at least 1GB. The cost per MB on disks >= 1GB is much lower than the |> cost per MB for disks with lower capacities. A 1GB costs around $1050 |> mail order... And it will fill up much sooner than you think. Also, get |> a CDROM. This will avoid you a lot of FTP hassle, if nothing else. |> Personally I think 340MB IDE drives are a steal at present. Current pricing is around $289 for 340MB, or $0.85 per MB: not much more than brand-name 1.44MB floppies. -- Rob Scholten scholten@epg.nist.gov