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From: scholten@epg.nist.gov (Robert Scholten)
Subject: Re: SUMMARY:  486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long)
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 00:19:03 GMT
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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