Okay, I firmly disagree that the IBM 75GXP are slower
than Maxtors drives.
But whatever. Sorry, this is irrelevant to the list.
--- Wood Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Stay away from Western Digital and Maxtor.
> Especially
> > Maxtor (in my opinion).
> --- Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Stay away from Western Digital and Maxtor.
> Especially
> > Maxtor (in my opinion).
>
> My experience differs...
>
> I've had about 12 failed Seagate IDE & SCSI drives
> in the last couple of years.
> They are easily the least reliable drives I've used
> in that time. I've used
> more Maxtor drives than anything else, and had zero
> problems so far. Mostly NT
> boxes, several Linux workstations & servers, a few
> Win9x (shudder) systems...
>
> As a PC assembler I'd rate Maxtor as about the best
> at present, though three or
> four years ago they were nearer the bottom of my
> list, & WD were nearer the
> top.
>
> For fast reliable IDE drives, I use Maxtor, for
> cheap, reliable drives, I use
> Samsung.
>
> WD, IBM, Fujitsu, Quantum, Seagate are either slower
> or more expensive than
> Maxtor, or more expensive than Samsung. Most have
> had higher failure rates.
>
> Just my 02c worth, as I prob install/sell 2-300
> drives per year, I may get more
> chance to evaluate various brands/models than most
> users :-)
>
>
>
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