JTS Drives may be available for less from other suppliers, but in the October Global catalog I've got (and I'm sure they do many different versions) JTS actually appears to be one of the best priced drives in that disk space range.
WDC's Caviar (3.1 G) goes for $269
Quantum's Fireball (3.2): $239
Seagate's Medalist (3.4): $259 (their Medalist Pro 2.5 for $229)
Maxtor (3.5): $245 (their 2.56 for $219)
Fujitsu: (2.56): $235
IBM Deskstar: (3.24): $269
If there are others I missed them . . . .
But, you're right, I am checking up on my investment. I work in a small not-for-profit, and I had to do some talking to persuade the person who buys our computer equipment that he didn't need to buy a Seagate drive to get quality, value, and protection. People do like their brand name products, and at least with general consumers JTS just doesn't seem to have it yet.
Something that didn't make sense to me with the pricing, we looked at the cost relative to the capacity from one JTS drive to another, and as the drives go up in capacity, the value seemed to get lower. I'm showing my ignorance here, I'm sure, but shouldn't it be the other way around, the way it would be with food, for example, where buying in larger quantities gets you a better value? |
