[geeks] Why can't I find large-capacity replacement/upgrade IDE laptop drive

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: John Francini <francini at mac.com>
>Date: 2008/01/22 Tue PM 11:21:26 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: [geeks] Why can't I find large-capacity replacement/upgrade IDE 
laptop drives?

>Hi, folks,
>
>I was doing some shopping, both on-line and physical, looking for IDE  
>laptop hard drives with capacity significantly greater than 160 GB.  
>I've been able to find 200 to 250 GB drives, but they're almost  
>always SAS drives.
>
>Does anyone know of such a beastie that I can find and buy?

I think the easiest source would be low-cost 2.5" external USB drives.

Newegg has one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?
Item=N82E16822136159

BestBuy ext. drive: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?
skuId=8499564&type=product&id=1188562589586

Lionel