Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:25:31 -0400 From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Fwd: Poll: How often do you upgrade your hard drive?]
There was just a discussion on the Finale list, and I was accused of being 'kinky' and 'abnormal' (among other things) for upgrading my hard drives on average every 18 months. They considered that very atypical behavior, and that a drive was typically 5 years in service.
I've had 22 drives in 10 years on 3 machines; since 5 were replaced that became defective, that means my regular upgrade was 17 drives in 10 years. Unusual? Normal?
Dennis
lots of surprising answers snipped
I guess I'm either REALLY lucky, or I'm constantly on the brink of disaster. I've never had a drive last less than 4 years (5 average), and I hardly ever turn off my computer. I only have one machine at a time, starting with an Atari, then Mac 7100, and now a G4. Third machine since 1988, fourth hard drive (only the 7100 got a second one, after 4 years, and that because of capacity. THe original drive lasted 6 years.)
I honestly don't know what to make of the short lives of others, or the LONG lives of mine.
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