whats the difference between these 2 ibm hdds? [Archive]

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liljohn

01-31-2001, 07:19 AM

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/product.asp?sku=10245435&loc=223

and
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10260063&loc=101

these 2 looks like same hdd but second one costs $17 more.can anyone find difference between these 2?

Starmaster5

01-31-2001, 07:24 AM

They look the same to me, except one says it has "cache/data size=none" while the other says "data buffer=2mb" Maybe one dosen't have any cache? Beats me.

liljohn

01-31-2001, 08:53 AM

also their part numbers are different.im thinking.. maybe buy.com is trying to rip off some dumb customers.

Richard_Cranium72

01-31-2001, 10:51 AM

The price diff is the amount usually seen between "OEM" and "Retail" .

This means usually that the Retail package includes the 40pin 80wire double grounded cable..

My guess is that they left off the word "Retail" off the description

DrVette

LordLocksley

01-31-2001, 01:03 PM

Neither can be found @ the IBM websight.
They aren't showing any 45gig deskstars at all.
Beats Me

golfcart

01-31-2001, 01:50 PM

Maybe this will help: http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000995.html