Well, I was basically talking about computer equipment for home use. Perhaps I had a problem or two with office machines back when I used to work as system administrator. Still, reliability was not bad at all.
I remember my first HD was a clunker "ST" seagate (full height) with 33 MB capacity. I then upgraded to the 3.5 inch version with 44 MB around 1990 or so. I burned a Cyrix "586" chip once, but it was completely my fault. I tried to attach a fan to it, and accidentally shorted the tiny pins! chiphart Wrote: > > Not once? Wow. > > Perhaps it's because my company provides software and hardware > service, but replacing deceased hard drives is de rigeur for us. > Over the past 20 years, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say > I've personally worked on a few dozen (and I'm not in support). > Heck, I must have 3 notebook drives sitting around my office > alone that have flamed out (one literally) but I haven't had > the heart to toss yet for some stupid reason. > > I had a brand new Maxtor 250GB completely fail on me about 6m > back. Calls to their support center confirmed it. They sent me > a new 300GB to replace it, free of charge. I'm buying Maxtors > now! > > -- > Chip Hart - Pediatric Solutions * Physician's Computer Company > chip @ pcc.com * 1 Main St. #7, Winooski, VT 05404 > 800-722-7708 * http://www.pcc.com/~chip > f.802-846-8178 * Pediatric Software Just Got > Smarter. > Your Practice Just Got Healthier. -- crooner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ crooner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3379 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24190 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
