Mr Duurkoop wrote: > Yeah, my younger PeeCee-friends call the DeskStar the > "DeathStar", go figure.
Agreed, there was a bad batch of those Deskstars, especially the 40 gig models, a friend of mine had one in it's B&W G3, it died just out of warranty. I recently bought a 250GB/8MB Hitachi HD which looks exactly like that Deskstar model. Not strange knowing that Hitachi bought IBM, hopefully this drive will last longer. > A while back the Maxtors DiamondMax were considered very > reliable when the Western Digital were considered shoddy. > Now the DiamondMaxes are the cheapest of all here in > Holland and already have a bad name. I bought one anyway > for my external to swap big files. I've got three years > warranty on the thing and there'll be no catastophe when > it dies. Those Maxtors are indeed very cheap now, I've had good and bad results with this brand, my Diamond Max 9 models are still chucking along in my server in a RAID config. BTW I thought that the warranty was 1 year nowadays? Also good to see a fellow Dutchman on the list * * -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
