hardware upgrade, HDD, RAM etc

[Bob McConnell]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 12:00 +0100, Zhengguo Xu wrote:
>> Thanks Charlie. now i had much clearer picture. it seems i have to
>> hold on my laptop for a couple of years more and then just buy a new
>> one. no upgrade this time. anyway, the current configuration is not
>> bad. it's just that the hardware is so cheap these days and i thought
>> i should give it a try. :-)
>>
>> anyway, thanks again.
> 
> <snip>
> you are welcome. By the way, there are still IDE/ATA hard drives
> available. You could check TigerDirect.com. 
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/
> 
> good luck,
> 

Matter of fact, I was in a Walmart this morning and eyeballed two each 
320 GB SATA (Seagate) and IDE (Western Digital) drives at $98.88 a piece 
sitting on a shelf below the wireless network equipment. I know one 
store that still has 160 and 250 GB IDE drives in the clearance isle. So 
if all else fails, you can always pay retail.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP