John Andersen wrote: > On Friday 23 February 2007, Eberhard Roloff wrote: >> John Andersen wrote: >>> Seagate offers 5 year warranties on sata these days. >>> When it comes to buying drives, given two offerings with close-enough >>> specs, I always go for the longer warranty. Any minor saving in price >>> today will be lost when the drive fails in three years instead of 5 or 8. >> Hi, >> >> While it is always a good thing to have a longer warranty, I wonder what >> the perception of warranty is. >> Ex. I had drives fail well within the warranty timeframe. And it just >> means that you get your drive replaced or your money back. IMHO it does >> not necessarily mean that the drive will be more reliable. > > Well that's about as cynical a viewpoint as I can imagine. > > They are warranting to me that I will have the use of their drive for > 5 years for the same money that their competition will only warrant > for 2 or 3 years. >
I fully agree that the money/year ratio is far better with longer warranty coverage. However my point was that the disks will not always be more reliable. At least this is my experience, no cynicism intended. cu EbR -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
