>Thanks for the list. I forgot about Quantum, I still have about 30 of >the 80-500MB drives laying around.....okay, maybe not 30, but a lot of >them! > >IBM was my all time favorite, they made some rock solid drives, but I >haven't bought a drive in almost 3years! As for quantum, they no longer >make drives either, Maxtor owns their HardDrive division. I hear mixed >reviews of the maxtor drives, of course, I never expected much from a >company that was basically born from micropolis. :p I guess that pretty >much leaves Seagate and WesternDigital (WD has a lot of DOA drives >hanging around it seems, but they have a fairly good warranty >replacement) > >-Robyn Well no not yet at least! Quantum is still running as an independent unit. I bought a 30 gb Quantum drive since they've been sold. It still looks and works like a Quantum. By that I mean it is still the sold metal looking drive they have always made. The Maxtor is different looking perhaps the case is at least partly plastic? I was concerned they would cheapen the drives but not so far.In fact Maxtor drives seem to be getting better. I still wouldn't buy one as IMHO Quantum and Seagate are both better at this moment in time. But many people are happy with them. Western Digital has made more defective drives then anyone still in business.(IBM is a close second in the last year or so) However they do stand behind their drives with warranty replacement as you said. IBM for a while was putting a note in the fine print saying they were only meant to run 8 hours a day. They got so much bad press on this they relented after a class action suit was filed. They as I said have now sold their hard drive business. PS want to sell a couple of those old Quantum drives? I have a Mac Classic 2 that needs a hard drive. Will S
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