On Friday 20 Jun 2003 5:10 pm, Isaac Curtis wrote: > On Thursday 19 June 2003 13:15, you wrote: > > On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:23 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:03 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > > > On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400 > > > > > > > > JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this > > > > > list... > > > > > > > > I've noticed that too..think I've seen it on other lists > > > > also. Cust serv said "This drive's proven to be very > > > > solid"... > > > > > > wow, that hearing that makes me glad i didn't order Maxtor > > > drives. I went with WD and am waiting for a 2nd one right now. > > > has anyone heard anything bad about the WD drives? my current > > > one was new when installed and has been in the computer for 2-3 > > > months with no problems so far. Thanks. > > > > Yup - you should hear what some people say about WD. I've come > > to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a good > > hard-drive manufacturer. There are scare stories about all of > > them. So, you have to buy something..... > > > > Anne > > In my experience working with a wide range of hardware, Maxtor is > just about the bottom of the barrel. Seagate (Barracuda IV is > excellent) is the top of the line for IDE drives, and WD isn't bad > at all. When all you go by is the complaints you hear, everything > will sound relatively equal, but working with a large quantity and > a wide range of drives you start to see distinct tiers in quality, > with Maxtor coming out on bottom of virtually any head-to-head > comparison. I had a frequent flier that used to get confused > about Maxtor vs. Matrox, one being a terrible hard drive > manufacturer and the other being an exceptional (non-3d) graphics > card manufacturer. He would come in with these new hard drives to > be installed and I would have to re-explain every time that they > had nothing to do with one another. Maxtor bad, Matrox good. > I have used Maxtor and Fujitsu drives for years - many years - and have never had problems with either until the problem with Maxtor a few months ago. I spoke to tech support at my vendors, and they said that they had found exactly the same.
As I said, I have heard bad about every manufacturer, so I stick with the brands that I have always found to be reliable - and one is Maxtor. Anne
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