On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 21:15, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Frank: > > Maxtor has also cut the warranty on some of their drives to one year > effective October 1. I believe that this only applies to their basic consumer > level drives (AKA cheapies) -- the kind that most of us buy. IIRC, some other > manufacturers are doing the same. (The old "monkey see, monkey do" theory of > pricing.) > > As for Fujitsu, they've been getting some very bad publicity on The Register > of late. It seems that several of their models are experiencing very high > failure rates, way beyond what is considered normal, and a lot of users are > pissed (at least, that's what The Register claims).
Alas, it seems, the world continues to change around us. I feel it in the water...the air...the earth.. What once was, is no more. Oh, wait a minute, were we talking about Lord of the Rings, or Fujitsu....??? Sorry. Been on the sat too much... > I'd do some checking around before I signed any purchase orders. > > -- cmg L8r, LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
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