Hello Thane, Sunday, May 13, 2007, 11:47:38 AM, you wrote:
> While your argument seems sound, it doesn't appear to agree with real > world testing. I have seen EB and BB drives fail by a factor of at > least a factor of 5 over JB drives. The EB/BB line are WD's one year > warranty drives (with 2MB cache) while the JBs are the 3 year > warranty drives (with 8MB cache.) So there is clearly a difference > in quality, as my experience is based over several years with > hundreds of drives. I don't buy anything but JB drives. IMO< if the manufacturer can't stand behind a drive for at least 3 years - it's not worth buying. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
