If your MP3 collection is < 20 Gb, check out http://neurosaudio.com. They have an MP3 player that will hold 20 Gb of data for less than that hard drive. I don't have one but I'm seriously considering it once they come out with support for Ogg Vorbis. Anyone else have one? Eric On Tuesday 20 May 2003 12:11, Chris Frederick wrote: > This is probably off topic, but I don't know who else to ask and I'm > sure there are quite a few people here who could answer this. > > I'm running Linux on a Compaq Presario 2700 laptop, this cam with a 20 > gig hard drive. Now that I've gotten my CD library copied to mp3s, I'd > like to take it with me on the laptop. 20 gig is no longer enough > space, so I searched (a lot) on the HP website and found a 40 gig hard > drive for ~$500. I know that there's a lot in a laptop that's specific > to its model and make, but can't you use a hard drive from a different > manufacturer (say this one > http://page.auctions.shopping.yahoo.com/auction/72856378?aucview=0x17), > or is the hardware on a laptop so locked together that you're stuck with > the original manufacturer's parts and high prices? > > Side note: I know desktop PCs follow a certain form factor (AT/ATX) to > make sure the parts are compatible, is there anything like that for > laptops? > > Thanks _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list