On Friday 23 February 2007, Eberhard Roloff wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > Seagate offers 5 year warranties on sata these days. > > When it comes to buying drives, given two offerings with close-enough > > specs, I always go for the longer warranty. Any minor saving in price > > today will be lost when the drive fails in three years instead of 5 or 8. > > Hi, > > While it is always a good thing to have a longer warranty, I wonder what > the perception of warranty is. > Ex. I had drives fail well within the warranty timeframe. And it just > means that you get your drive replaced or your money back. IMHO it does > not necessarily mean that the drive will be more reliable.
Well that's about as cynical a viewpoint as I can imagine. They are warranting to me that I will have the use of their drive for 5 years for the same money that their competition will only warrant for 2 or 3 years. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
