I recall all the defective 10Gig Maxtor drives that went out on the Yikes series G4s. One of my clients lost all her data within 4 months after her purchase of one of these G4s. I'm not a fan of these drives. But I agree it's all about personal experience. We all have different takes on things. Aaron On Friday, August 10, 2001, at 06:50 PM, Christopher Zayachkowski wrote: > Kyle, > > Yes Apple uses Maxtor's as the startup disk on the top of line > Macintosh's > but they do this as a marketing tactic - low cost. My now Blue and > White G3 > came with a 6GB 5400 RPM Maxtor IDE that failed within four months. I > was > not impressed. I was not the only one. This happened to many people. The > fact that Apple and other computer manufactureres use them does meant > hey > are good. For apple it is a cheap drive they can stick into a machine to > keep the cost of the systen down for them. Serious video gurus upgrade > they're drive, almost as soon as they bring it home... > > Chris > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Friends -- Complete Series on Video CD -- $289.17 Back to the Future Collection on Video CD -- $15.97 EurekaMovies.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/eureka.html> - - - - - G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
