An IBM 16gig hard drive I purchased in 1999 is still going strong, like the day I got it. The 80mb hd's in several Compact Macs that I've aquired over the past 2 years have run super, no problems at all. On the other hand, I know several people who own Gateway computers (ehhwwwwww!) and they each have been through at least 3 hard drives each in the same time period. Depends on the manufacturer, temp of the room the computer is in, airflow in the chassis and other variables. And don't buy from Gateway :-) . "Hey, not only do you have to run Windows, but we're putting it on an ultra-cheap hard drive so you can re-install 5 months from now!" WOW--Where do I sign up???? :-)
The 200MB HD I bought for my Mac IIci, in 1992 -- such a deal! $999! is still running just fine.
The 9 GB 5.25" FH drive I bought four years ago is a great door stop.
My housemate has gone thru three HDs in the last four years. sigh. He has TWO cd-r drives and still can't be bothered to make backups...
- Dan.
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