Christmas is coming...

[Julian Field]

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On 14 Dec 2005, at 13:08, Kai Schaetzl wrote:

> Julian Field wrote on         Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:48:41 +0000:
>
>> It's a 1.8" (presumably IDE) disk inside. Currently a 40Gb though
>> either 60Gb or 80Gb are now available.
>
> I checked in my usual shops in Germany and the only one I can find  
> is a 60
> GB Toshiba disk at EU 189,-- or 177,--. That's frankly a bit more  
> than I
> wanted to spend. Don't know how it is in UK shops. I'm willing to  
> take up
> half of that if someone else is willing to take up the other half.

That would be great, thanks.

> Since 60 doesn't boost your space so much I'd wait for a 80 GB  
> drive if
> you can. My offer stands for longer.

I think that is a very good idea. Hopefully a 80Gb will appear on the  
market soon. I will use an external USB drive until then.

> On the other side you should also be careful about heat, be it 60  
> or 80,
> it may add extra heat to your system. Wouldn't it be better for  
> testing on
> various OS's and distributions to have a really fast workstation  
> system
> with ample space, so you can run virtual machines on it instead of a
> laptop which is usally limited in some way?
> Or an external drive?

I prefer to work at home on a laptop, and that's where most of the  
MailScanner work has to happen so that I can do my day job as well.  
That way I can have a glass of brandy (or Chablis) and watch the TV  
too (though I've got TV in my office at work now too :-)
And if I  work on a laptop I can take it all with me when I go and  
hide for a week at my parents' place in Wales. It makes a lovely  
change of scenery, sit in the garden with cows looking over your  
shoulder and breathing down your neck!

>
> Kai
>
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