> >>> But some true classic computer users _LIKE_ noise! To me the more
>>>> noise a computer makes, the better!
>
>I once had the (mis)fortune to use a machine with a Seagate 2G
>Barracuda in it. I will cheerfully swap you my entire stock of those
>drives for otherwise equivalent _quiet_ drives of half the capacity.
>
>More noise is not _always_ preferable.
The scarry thing is the quieter 3.5" x 1" drives I mentioned replacing the full height 5 1/4" drives with are Seagate 2GB Barracuda's!
BTW, let me guess, the machine you had the misfortune to use was a Sun Pizzabox, right? Those suckers are noisy with the Barracuda's!
>Or perhaps this merely means I'm not a Real Classic Collector.
Nonsense, it just means you still have some of your hearing :^)
Zane
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Received on Tue Jan 06 2004 - 18:10:12 GMT