[geeks] New Server Pictures

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 wa2egp at att.net wrote:

> Is it that much more?  Maybe I haven't been keeping
> up with prices.  Why did they go to IDE?...'cuz it's
> CHEAP!  If they can save $0.05 a unit, they'll
> do it.  The hell with reliability!  (I worked for
> a company that won an almost $1,000,000
> job on a penny a unit less on the bid.)
> Bob

Well it is the MBA mentality, bottom line ueber alles. However there is a
good side to it, meaning that me as a joe consumer can have access to
200+GB HDDs for a tad over $100.00 which is a rather good deal. At least
when I look at it from my poor ass grad student perspective.