looking for IDE HDD and Win XP licences (software) HELP !!!!

[foulmouth]

cant find HDD IDE ???? WTF

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Nope, off the market.

SATA is dominant.

Best you can do is to switch over and not prolong the IDE agony.

 

[foulmouth]

no dude i need this for computers we giving to charity so i need it up and running

there must be a shop somewhere ?

 

[HavocXphere]

cant find HDD IDE ???? WTF

Then you didn't look very hard. First shop I checked:

http://www.prophecy.co.za/-c-67_745_68.html

Nope, off the market.

Hardly. Tech doesn't just disappear. Did you know that Sony sold 12 million floppies in the UK last year?

 

[Mantis]

Hardly. Tech doesn't just disappear. Did you know that Sony sold 12 million floppies in the UK last year?

And external floppy drives are still being sold. Don't ask me wtf for

 

[kayvee]

Yeah you didn't.

Here too:

http://www.nivo.co.za/#c/computers/hard.drives/interface~pata/0

 

[Lino]

Hardly. Tech doesn't just disappear. Did you know that Sony sold 12 million floppies in the UK last year?

Did you know that Tech does start to vanish (where can you actually buy a record player, or vhs tapes? Oh did you know SONY is killing off floppies?)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/7634830/Floppy-disk-finally-killed-off-by-Sony.html

 

[battletoad]

Go into any pc shop, request an ide drive. If the dealer is worth their salt, they can source u a drive within 2 days. And if a salesperson says 'we dont stock them' go talk to the manager

 

[kayvee]

If you are donating it may be best to locate used drives for really cheap. Also lots of people would be willing to donate for a good cause.

 

[Mantis]

Go into any pc shop, request an ide drive. If the dealer is worth their salt, they can source u a drive within 2 days. And if a salesperson says 'we dont stock them' go talk to the manager

And thats why no one goes into Incredible Corruption.
Asked them for a 2.5" IDE drive about a year and a half ago, when the "announcement" was made that they're being discontinued (think I read that on myBB news) and they said I'd never find it ...

 

[LazyLion]

where can you actually buy a record player, or vhs tapes?

Hi-fi corp Hi-fi corp has three models of record players. Game and Makro also still sell VHS tapes.

 

[stroebs]

As for the XP licenses, can you not go Open Source with Ubuntu?

 

[HavocXphere]

Did you know that Tech does start to vanish (where can you actually buy a record player, or vhs tapes? Oh did you know SONY is killing off floppies?)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/sony/7634830/Floppy-disk-finally-killed-off-by-Sony.html

Actual that 12m stat came from an article about Sony stopping the sales.