On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:05 AM, Alex Sciortino <zeosr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello! Today I made an interesting observation and was wondering if anybody > else has had the same experience. Today the 6mo old HDD in my MBP failed, but > I have the original 320gb in a PM G5 and even an original 13gb HDD in a iMac > G3 still running with out issues. I have had quite a few HDDs that were > newish fail in the past few years. Thanks! It's a consequence of the bottom falling out of HDD prices, and the staggeringly high rate of HDD size increase, I expect. Engineering corners are being cut to keep prices low, and hardware is pushed to the limit to do things like put 1TB on one drive platter. I'd wager that 320GB one has two platters, and that 13 GB one may even have 4. This means larger, more mechanically rugged read heads, and beefier mechanicals to move all that mass around. The controllers will have more discrete, physically larger components. More mass == more thermal mass to deal with heat and power. In the days when you could charge $400 for a HDD, QC could be much more thorough than when you can charge < $100. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
