----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)
> darn close to a DOLLAR a GB. Which is just obscene. ;-) > No, what is obscene is that I paid TWO DOLLARS per MEGABYTE for a 500 MB Fujitsu drive back in 1994. What I could do with that grand now if i still had it! Oh well... It was a nice drive and I believe it still runs (although it's been out of service for some time.) As far as WD goes, I refuse to buy them. I had a very bad run a few years ago when the 2.5 GB drives were mainstream. I had about 4 drives that I had come into contact with, either mine or clients', that failed. Two were still under warranty, two were JUST out of warranty (3 years I believe.) Both were replaced, and both subsequently have failed. For those keeping score, that is EVERY SINGLE WD drive that I have seen has failed. Other drives I have from Conner, Seagate, Fujitsu, Maxtor, and yes, even IBM are still running fine. Even my 4 60GXPs are all still running (knock on wood.) Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
