No ten gigs for w00t

**w00t** · 08-27-2006, 10:23 PM

I went into compusa the other day to buy a new 2.5 hdd for my top because there was no decerning wether it was a laptop or a blender running linux (hmm good idea), SO I asked one of their "technologists" if they had a ten gig hdd because thats all I needed. Heck I can live happily on 4 gigs, while dual booting. Really I only use linux and programs that are less than a meg fit nicely on small hdd's, and music and pictures and all that good stuff I like to keep portable so I can travel with it.

The smallest they had was a 40gig. Now I'm swimming in free space

, I could get used to this, but I still feel cheated. What ever happened to the good old days, when hard drives were small.

[The following is not intended as spam]

Hey they got a good deal going with three 1 gig thumbys for 60 bucks and its the only black and white pny's i've seen, that was a good deal.

**Fox** · 08-27-2006, 10:55 PM

Ha! 60 bucks? I've seen them at Staples for maybe 30 after the rebates.

I suppose you're a minimalist when it comes to storage. I would never be able to handle a 40GB hard drive- not enough space for media. Mine's 120GB, and I only have 10GB left

I'll need to buy a usb enclosure for my 160GB 3.5" drive to use in college, depending on whether or not I can get around the bandwidth limit, which is currently 2GBytes per week. Absolutely ridiculous for someone whose daily average is 1.5GB.

**Rashiki** · 08-27-2006, 11:13 PM

Got ya beat, my 'beater' computer is running a 20gig maxtor from 6 years ago :P

sinclair_tm · 08-27-2006, 11:27 PM

my dad just got a 1gig usb for $14 after rebate.

**w00t** · 08-27-2006, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rashiki

Got ya beat, my 'beater' computer is running a 20gig maxtor from 6 years ago :P

What, did I hear a rustle of leaves,

I have a 386DX laptop with 80megs of hdd

Its running slack

**Rashiki** · 08-27-2006, 11:50 PM

I've got two Atari 2600's

**Joefireline** · 08-28-2006, 03:32 AM

How do you live with 10GB? I have a 80GB HDD in my laptop, and I had to get a 80GB external HDD as I ran out of space...

ebackhus · 08-28-2006, 01:34 PM

I've got a 500MB 2.5" laptop drive that I use for boot testing older machines. I have an 80MB drive somewhere from my 386SX 16.

sinclair_tm · 08-28-2006, 01:38 PM

dude, i have a 20mb drive on one of my macs, and never filled it up. the bootable os fits on a 400k floppy, with room to spare!

**karusho** · 08-28-2006, 05:45 PM

You want a small lap hd? I've got one sitting in the garage that's about 15gigs...

Volt-Schwibe · 08-28-2006, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox

Ha! 60 bucks? I've seen them at Staples for maybe 30 after the rebates.

i think he means, 3 for 60$.

i'm gonna find out because i'd love to get one, and co-incidentially, 2 of my friends would like to get one for 20$ each too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by karusho

You want a small lap hd? I've got one sitting in the garage that's about 15gigs...

i need something like that for my dell.

good to know the days have come where a 10gig+ laptop hard disk is something people will give away...

maybe now i can get myself one.

**w00t** · 08-28-2006, 06:43 PM

Yes three for 60 dollars, and a $20 rebate to boot so that comes out to $40 for three, now you just need to argue over who gets the black one.

What about a reel to reel 480K tape drive from really old servers. Thats cool, I would love to have one of those just to look at.

I once pulled a 800 mb drive froma server, and the thing look like it would take up three cd drives. Good paper weight.

Volt-shwibe take it I already got one.

ebackhus · 08-29-2006, 12:12 PM

There's a place here in town where I can get a 5-pack o' 10GB drives for $40. Might grab some for the P1's I have taking up space in my dining room. Now I just need a few of those old serial->PS/2 adapters.

daamon_vexion · 08-29-2006, 01:09 PM

hehe, so my comp at work is considered "state of the art" in the army, it has an 18gb hdd, about 128mb ram, and i dont even know the processor, in fact it has a zip drive for memory storage :D.. oh ya and this desktop looks a lot like the old Apple II, cept the keyboard had a scroll ball for a mouse :D

**Fox** · 08-29-2006, 01:11 PM

Weird. Any idea what operating system it's running on?

daamon_vexion · 08-29-2006, 01:13 PM

its looks like a form of linux, could possibly be unix, not sure, SUN Microsystems helped develope it

**DumberDrummer** · 08-29-2006, 09:29 PM

The army uses UNIX, and linux is a unix clone. That would be my guess.

My MUSIC collection takes up 11 gigs alone w00t. Throw in my ripped DVDs and everything, and I had to throw a lot of stuff away when I got stuck with my lousy 40 gig hard drive in my laptop.

Anyway, I put my old PII back together as a fileserver, and its got like 70 gigs of space. I know I'm gonna run out before I finish college.

08-27-2006, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	No ten gigs for w00t I went into compusa the other day to buy a new 2.5 hdd for my top because there was no decerning wether it was a laptop or a blender running linux (hmm good idea), SO I asked one of their "technologists" if they had a ten gig hdd because thats all I needed. Heck I can live happily on 4 gigs, while dual booting. Really I only use linux and programs that are less than a meg fit nicely on small hdd's, and music and pictures and all that good stuff I like to keep portable so I can travel with it. The smallest they had was a 40gig. Now I'm swimming in free space , I could get used to this, but I still feel cheated. What ever happened to the good old days, when hard drives were small. [The following is not intended as spam] Hey they got a good deal going with three 1 gig thumbys for 60 bucks and its the only black and white pny's i've seen, that was a good deal. __________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes

08-27-2006, 10:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Ha! 60 bucks? I've seen them at Staples for maybe 30 after the rebates. I suppose you're a minimalist when it comes to storage. I would never be able to handle a 40GB hard drive- not enough space for media. Mine's 120GB, and I only have 10GB left I'll need to buy a usb enclosure for my 160GB 3.5" drive to use in college, depending on whether or not I can get around the bandwidth limit, which is currently 2GBytes per week. Absolutely ridiculous for someone whose daily average is 1.5GB. __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

08-27-2006, 11:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
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08-27-2006, 11:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
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08-28-2006, 03:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Joefireline Enthusiastic TSFer~Joseph Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portishead (Bristol) England Posts: 5,314 OS: XP Pro SP2(Desktop) / XP Home SP2(laptop) My System	How do you live with 10GB? I have a 80GB HDD in my laptop, and I had to get a 80GB external HDD as I ran out of space... __________________ - Joseph LAPTOP: Acer Aspire 5512WMLi (Specification) OPTIMIZE XP BEFORE POSTING HJT LOG - POST HJT LOG >>HERE<< If TSF has helped you, please help TSF: Please DONATE

08-28-2006, 01:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,767 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System Blog Entries: 25	I've got a 500MB 2.5" laptop drive that I use for boot testing older machines. I have an 80MB drive somewhere from my 386SX 16. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

08-28-2006, 05:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
karusho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 1,213 OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, Ubuntu 8.04 My System	You want a small lap hd? I've got one sitting in the garage that's about 15gigs...

08-28-2006, 06:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	Yes three for 60 dollars, and a $20 rebate to boot so that comes out to $40 for three, now you just need to argue over who gets the black one. What about a reel to reel 480K tape drive from really old servers. Thats cool, I would love to have one of those just to look at. I once pulled a 800 mb drive froma server, and the thing look like it would take up three cd drives. Good paper weight. Volt-shwibe take it I already got one. __________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes

08-29-2006, 12:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,767 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System Blog Entries: 25	There's a place here in town where I can get a 5-pack o' 10GB drives for $40. Might grab some for the P1's I have taking up space in my dining room. Now I just need a few of those old serial->PS/2 adapters. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

08-29-2006, 01:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
daamon_vexion Resident Soldier Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Iraq (temp) Wyoming Posts: 560 OS: Windows XP Media Center My System	hehe, so my comp at work is considered "state of the art" in the army, it has an 18gb hdd, about 128mb ram, and i dont even know the processor, in fact it has a zip drive for memory storage :D.. oh ya and this desktop looks a lot like the old Apple II, cept the keyboard had a scroll ball for a mouse :D __________________ *And the Infantry Sayeth unto the Lord "Thou hast made us the Queen of battle, and Artillery the King, surely thou knowest what the King does to his Queen?" And the Lord replyeth, "Right On!"*

08-29-2006, 01:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Weird. Any idea what operating system it's running on? __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

08-29-2006, 01:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
daamon_vexion Resident Soldier Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Iraq (temp) Wyoming Posts: 560 OS: Windows XP Media Center My System	its looks like a form of linux, could possibly be unix, not sure, SUN Microsystems helped develope it __________________ *And the Infantry Sayeth unto the Lord "Thou hast made us the Queen of battle, and Artillery the King, surely thou knowest what the King does to his Queen?" And the Lord replyeth, "Right On!"*

08-29-2006, 09:29 PM	#17 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,377 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	The army uses UNIX, and linux is a unix clone. That would be my guess. My MUSIC collection takes up 11 gigs alone w00t. Throw in my ripped DVDs and everything, and I had to throw a lot of stuff away when I got stuck with my lousy 40 gig hard drive in my laptop. Anyway, I put my old PII back together as a fileserver, and its got like 70 gigs of space. I know I'm gonna run out before I finish college. __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace