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To: wily who wrote (7912)	6/17/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

wily, I have a 6.0 Gig IBM and now the 10.0 G Maxtor. The Maxtor is not quite as quiet as the IBM, but a hell of a lot quieter than the Western Digital 3.0 Gig I also have. I'm pretty happy with it, but I love the IBM's too. Peter

To: wily who wrote (7912)	6/17/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Wily I'm really curious how quiet they are. My Deskstar is mounted in an internal bay and I honestly can hear it at all. Of course I have 10 case fans running <g>, but even when I had 4 case fans I counldn't hear the IBM. I took your advice and am bidding on MS-DOS 6.22 sealed with manual/certificate of authenticity at E-bay. The high bid is at $20 right now (not me). Do you recall what DOS was going for when it was being sold retail? Clarence

To: wily who wrote (7912)	6/17/1999 5:42:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>curious how quiet they are. Very. I have Maxtor 5, 7, 8, 17, and 20 GB drives (see earlier post), and they are all inaudible. Six of these are spinning within 3 feet of me right now, and all I can hear is the (low db) case fan on one side and the (too noisy) PC Power & Cooling dual cpu fan on the other side. Even with the case open you have to really listen. I was worried about the 7200 rpm 20GB, but nope. Not a whisper. In fact, I have to really listen during boot up to be sure the drives are calibrating. Spots