Re: [SLUG] OT: SuSE 10.0 Santa & Penguins

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Sun Dec 11 2005 - 23:53:20 EST


On Monday 12 December 2005 00:23, michael hast wrote:
> steve szmidt wrote:
> >On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:55, michael hast wrote:
> >>steve szmidt wrote:
> >>>On Sunday 11 December 2005 13:15, SOTL wrote:
> >>>>Penguins appeared is an older computer that originall had MS 98
> >>>> installed on a 2 GB HD. I replaced the 2 GB HD with a 175 GB [cheapest
> >>>> thing I could find over 50 GB}.
> >>>
> >>>Just a quick note on drives. I just saw that CompUSA is having a special
> >>>on my 300G drive 133MHz and 16MB for $99!! Just $100 less than I paid. :
> >>>)
> >>
> >>Twist that knife, right? ;-)
> >
> >Not in you, myself. : |
> >
> >They are selling 160G for $30+
>
> Snap! I may have to jump on that and get a couple of 160's! There
> would finally be a hard drive in my house bigger than 40! Yay!
>
> BTW--I'm sorry about your misfortune on pricing. If you bought it from
> them recently, a lot of companies will actually refund the difference if
> you threaten to make a scene. It would be worth the effort to me for
> $100. Food for thought.

Oh, it wasn't that recent. And I'm very happy with my purchase. Good, fast,
large drive.

Imagine though, $400 for a terabyte of storage.

-- 

Steve Szmidt

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