I have mixed reports on the Maxtor disks. I've had two die on me within their guarantee period. However, the replacements have worked fine.
Barry Michels wrote: >Maxtor?!? All but 2 I've been around (at work) have died at one time or >another. I would never buy a Maxtor or Quantum. > >YMMV > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:23 PM >Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Hard Drives? > > >>Miark wrote: >> >>>I never had one, but I understood they were very good. >>>But I thought IBM is getting out of the hard drive >>>business...? >>> >>>Miark >>> >>> >>> >>>Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: >>> >>>>What's your opinion of IBM Hard Drives? I was going to continue buying >>>>them since IBM is a supporter of Linux. However, some of the customer >>>>feedbacks I've been reading makes me apprehensive about touching these. >>>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >>Basically, stay away. The new ones are not rated for 24/7 operation. >> The only decent drives left in IDE seem to be Maxtor, and I have >>returned one of their 60G models this year. >> >>Civileme >> >> >> >> >> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org
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