On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 06:54:32 C. Falconer wrote: > Don't bother with IDE - Go SCSI... it's better in the long run. > > Get something that will be serviced locally, for example Compaq will only > honor warranties in the country of purchase, unless its a laptop with > "global cover" > > Or you can buy my piece of shit HP IDE writer... IDE really sucks CPU, and > you don't want to be forced off the machine while it is burning. > > > >It's hard to find decent computer hardware in New Zealand.... most if it > >is in the states. I was just wanting to know what companies will send > >there good's outside of the states. In particular, I'm after one of > >those new Plextor 8x4x32 speed drives (IDE). > >
but thats not he point... 1. We dont care about CPU (its on a dedicated machined 2. we would *really* like to get it relativly cheap. (We will be talking to plextor ourselves later on this week. I want to find out the main suplier for NZ).