Hello all, This is actually bad for consumers. After this deal goes thru there will only be 4 hard drive manufacturers out there. They would be Seagate, WDC, Toshiba, Samsung.
Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 9:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] WD buys HGST > > Western Digital to buy Hitachi's Global Storage Technologies unit. > > > > http://wdc.com/en/company/pressroom/releases.aspx?release=ba433e4b- > bff8-4d99 > -b60f-7f02aa42f444 > > > > Sad day. WD and HGST are my two favorite manufacturers right now, so > I'm really going from 2 options to 1. I'd be more upbeat on Samsung, > but dealing with their support is an absolute nightmare-and their > website, especially for support, is just as bad. >
