----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert C Wittig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Building a New Box
> > > j wrote: > > > since i have been eyeing the lite-on dvd writers and WD hard drives, would > > you care to share what "bad" experiences you had w/these products? also, > > under which distro(s) (& version #) were these items used? > > I never tried a Lite-On device, so I can't comment, but Western Digital > HD's seem to have a higher mechanical (not Linux-related) failure rate > than Seagate, or even Maxtor, according to what I have read, in places > like the Yahoo 1pcbuilder list. > > -- that's interesting. not trying to contradict you, but in my "personal" experience (which is but a drop in the bucket compared to collective users worldwide), i've had nothing but success w/WD drives. i know that for awhile anyway, some reported problems (apparantly my purchases occured outside this time period or maybe i got some of the few good ones?). so far, i have never had a WD drive go down. that includes both at home and at work over a 16 year period. OTOH, i've had both seagate and maxtor drives fail on me. does this mean that i'm a WD diehard? no, but when i make my future purchases, i will certainly keep robert's opinion of WD in mind. and as long as i don't have any personal experience w/WD's poor quality and as long as their products don't conflict w/linux, i will at least keep them in the running. thanks robert for the input, anyone else know of reasons why WD drives and lite-on products should be avoided when building a linux box? j ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hseoiev/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705006580:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122751333/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
