> I've had a 120GB rotating happily in my G4 Gigabit for over four years... > > JT
I guess even WD has a fluke every now and then :P All kidding aside though, I have trashed brand new WD drives that were given to me. I refuse to use one, I have had too many issues with them. I have seen close to half of the brand new drives be dead or dying out of the box from the vendor. This was out of a box of 20 hard drives. I have also seen too many WD fail at the company I currently work for. We have an almost equal spreading of Maxtor, Seagate, WD, even some Quantum drives out there as well as Hitachi in fact. I have seen a couple Maxtor go, same with Seagate and Hitachi. However, from my personal experience, it speaks volumes when you have 6 WD drives just up and die, no warning, no clicks, no smart failures, just dead, all in the course of a 2 week span. This isn't an isolated incident and they aren't all on the same machine or even machine type or on the same floor. They are spread between PC and Mac alike. Due to literally a lifetimes issue with WD, I now have an unnatural hatred for them. lol -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
