They still make a great drive. However, I believe Barracuda was a very fast drive at the time. Now other drives are as fast, so it has lost the edge. The WD with 8 MB cache is really a very good performer. Most drives only have 1 or 2 MB cache. The extra cache speeds it up a bit in tests. John
On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 08:45 AM, Alan Kim wrote: > This used to be a premium brand during the haydays of UW SCSI. > Was wondering where Seagate is these days in terms of quality. > My 9.1 gb UW Barracuda is still chugging away through several failures > with > other drives. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
