On Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 06:47 PM, Tivo wrote:
> Anyone have experience with Western Digital or any of the other non-top > line brands? They also have a LaCie 80gig, 7200 for $239. Anyone > familiar > with LaCie products? Would I be better served to spend the extra cash > for > the IBM? Western Digital is one of the top of the line brands. In fact, they currently make what is probably the very best IDE drive out there right now, the WD1200JB (I think that's the model), 120GB 8MB cache 7200rpm, etc. They'd be a fine choice for a hard drive brand. LaCie is not a hard drive maker, they're repackaging someone else's drive. I've had one LaCie hard drive that has lasted for a long time, but the plural of anecdote is not data. ;-) IBM has been struggling recently after their 75GXP scandal, where defective design or manufacture led to massive numbers of drive failures. It isn't currently apparent if IBM's desktop hard drive business will survive this, I've seen mention that they'll sell it off. I haven't heard any complaints about their laptop drives, however. Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
