Google "Hitachi Deathstar." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Deskstar
Sent from my iPhone On 28 Sep 2010, at 20:49, Pants-Happy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Is it just my faulty memory, or were IBM Travelstar drives prone to > early failure way-back-when? > > I could have -sworn- Travelstars were problem-plagued drives, but > can't seem to find anything online to support this. I'm fairly > positive that the Deskstar HDs of the time (~turn of the century) were > pretty horrendous, but maybe the Travelstars were fairly angst-free > and I just have the two somewhat similar names confused in my tiny > little mind? > > Perhaps it was only the early IBM-branded Travelstars that gave > trouble, and the reliability improved when Hitachi took over > Travelstar production? I'm afraid I'm drawing a blank here... > > Would someone be kind enough to set me straight? > > > Best, > > James Fraser > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
