>> hello,
>>
>> i personally have, as my primary drive, an IBM Deskstar 3.6gb. it's *fast*
>> for an eide drive. it was rated fastest by a major computing magazine,
>> although i forget which one. it definitely lives up to the billing. they
>> run about $250 new from several outlets (insight, pczone, cdw, etc.)
[At work] I handled last warranty hassle with IBM drive sometime
before summer. We sell these >500pcs /year (single, or in computer),
all kind, and some with 3 year onsite from us. Sure these cost a little
more, but I think it's well worth it. If a customer want's something cheaper,
then we sell Quatum, but I see these broken at least twice a month -
no onsite for these.
I remember one 20mb Conner drive years ago, that I just had to break -
hammer: no go - threw it to street from second floor :no go - finally
opened it up with screwdriver and voi'la.
--j
>>
>> hope this helps,
>> matty
>> > On Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 08:38:23PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
>> > > Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > > > Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
>> > > > I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
>> > >
>> > > I have several (3) old Caviar drives. One is a 170 meg and the other
>> > > two are 540 meg. One is six years old; the other, probably about 5;
>> > > and the third is about the same. All worked fine for at least the
>> > > first 4-5 years of their life even though they were powered up
>> > > 24/7/365. The 170 developed some bad sectors about 1/2 year ago; the
>> > > younger 540 meg had the same problem at about the same time. The
>> > > 5-year-old 540 meg is still going strong.
>> > >
>> > > Considering that they were all cheap IDE drives, originally installed
>> > > in a poorly-ventilated case, it is not bad.
>> >
>> > I have similar good experiences with WD. I have a 730mb which is nearly
>> > 3 years old (light load, 24/7 operation) which works fine; actually
>> > come to think of it I have an old 340mb from about 4-5 years ago
>> > which has been running 24/7 for the last two years with no problems.
>> > The 730 has a bad sector or two and is quite noisy now but is otherwise
>> > fine. I have a 1.6GB in my workstation which is nearly two years old.
>> > I also have a Quantum 3.2Gb of about one year in this machine
>> > and I find the Quantum to be a bit slower. I would probably buy WD again,
>> > although I would want ultra DMA next, or maybe even SCSI (which WD
>> > don't do?)
>> >
>> >
>> > Hamish
>> >
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>> > RMIT.
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>> > The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
>> > --Bohr
>> >
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