I've been on a Western Digital trip for several years now and have no reason to change. I've used several professionally over the past decade, and own three of them personally (bought within the last three years) at last count. They are running 24/7, and I've never had so much as a squeak from them. I bought an 80G/7200RPM unit from Office Max (yes, really: they have great deals from time to time) last Christmas for $80 with combined O-Max and manufacturers rebates. I've just bought my second for $100 after mail in rebate.
I have one Maxtor (Circuit City re-label) that likewise been flawless, but I realize that's not a good sample. Finally, I have one IBM drive (only a 1Gig or so) that must be five years old now, that is also running 24/7, and showing no signs of failing. Workload? I run SETI on my 4 machines - two Linux, two Wintendo - so the drives certainly aren't idle. just my 2c. julian. ======================== At 12:55 AM 7/10/02, you wrote: >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 > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 612.296.2010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ==============================
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