> back in 1995(last time that i used seagate) i had 2 conner 420MB drives > and 1 seagate 540 (and now they are the same company *shudder*) fail > within > 3 months of using them because of the powersaving auto spindown. ever > since > i have not used that feature unless its on a laptop. and i've only had > 1 drive die since(maxtor) in 1998 ..
..okay, so we have maxtor, seagate, conner (same company as seagate maybe, but they still sell HDs under their name) and i think i've heard something about samsung.. so, which HD manufacturer makes reliable HDs, anyone? IBM maybe? > use vmware..win4lin or something.. i use vmware and it works good. needs > a lot of ram.. but with 256MB sticks going for under $95 these days >...doesn't hurt to get 512MB :) mmm, i'll give it a try. Just hope someone will come along with a good WYSIWYS-editor for linux (GPL-ed.. ofcourse, unlike Bluefish) some time. William