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Mac Mini News Mac mini Drives: Price per Gigabyte Monday February 20, 2006 2:34 AM EST Posted by: Brian Last week, I posted an entry in the forums for Macworld's review of the Iomega MiniMax hard drive for Mac mini. One of our members brought up the subject of price per gigabyte in relationship to the current crop of hard drives designed for the Mac mini, and an interesting discussion followed. I decided to put a list together of a few different models over the weekend and see how they stack (no pun intended) up. Of course, there are other factors that go into determining the price of each model. So it's hard to compare the price of different models simply based on the capacity of their hard drives. There are other things to consider, like what the case is made out of (metal or plastic), the number of additional USB and FireWire ports offered, hard drive cache size, and length of warranty. Putting features aside, the 250GB Micronet miniMate and 250GB LaCie mini tied for the best price at 72 cents per gigabyte. They are followed by the 320GB NewerTech miniStack V2 at 73 cents per gigabyte, and 300GB LaCie mini Hard Drive & Hub at 77 cents per gigabyte. Based on these numbers and capacities, I believe the 320GB NewerTech miniStack V2 and 300GB LaCie mini Hard Drive & Hub represent the best values in the marketplace. Iomega MiniMax   160GB @ $199.95 = $1.25 per GB   250GB @ $249.95 = $1.00 per GB LaCie mini   80GB @ $119.99 = $1.50 per GB   160GB @ $149.99 = 94 cents per GB   250GB @ $179.99 = 72 cents per GB LaCie mini Hard Drive & Hub   250GB @ $199.99 = 80 cents per GB   300GB @ $229.99 = 77 cents per GB   400GB @ $369.99 = 92 cents per GB   500GB @ $429.99 = 86 cents per GB Micronet miniMate   80GB @ $119.95 = $1.50 per GB   160GB @ $149.95 = 94 cents per GB   250GB @ $179.95 = 72 cents per GB   400GB @ $389.95 = 97 cents per GB NewerTech miniStack V2   80GB @ $135.99 = $1.70 per GB   160GB @ $169.99 = $1.06 per GB   250GB @ $199.99 = 80 cents per GB   320GB @ $235.00 = 73 cents per GB   400GB @ $329.99 = 82 cents per GB   500GB @ $449.99 = 90 cents per GB WeibeTech Maxelerate   250GB @ $232.95 = 93 cents per GB   400GB @ $442.95 = $1.11 per GB   500GB @ $589.95 = $1.18 per GB More Information:   Discuss   More News

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