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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, David Krings wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Just have to add mho to this
>
> >Oh, and you forgot a few more summaries on the Hard Drives
> >- Maxtor has great support over the Internet and Phone, especially in the US
>
> Hmmmmm, i have to admit that the harddrive i sent in and that was reported
> as "u never sent it" was sent by me with registered mail and reply card
> within the states. Was the only time i did a RMA within the USA coz is was
> in CT when my harddisk died. Maybe they rejected to help me coz i am from
> europe.
>
> >- Fuji drives suck in home use
>
> I disagree, mine works fine, fast, silent and reliable on daily use (1.6
> GB Fujitsu).
>
> >- Fuji drives rock in high stress environments.
>
> Hmm, i gave up kicking my puter around. ;) *joke*
>
> >- No one really likes Connor particularly much
>
> Noone has to anymore, coz Seagate bought Connor years ago...since that
> time they produce useable drives.
>
> >- There are two distinct sets of folks here on the list, at least with
> >respect to hard drives... the "Get it cheap or don't get it at all" crowd
> >and the "Money is no object, so get the Gold Plated Ferrari for your daily
> >driver" crowd... aka "I have a wife and kids" and "I'm a bachelor" ;)
>
> No, i disagree. I am also looking our for getting hardware as costless as
> possible, but i don't go for cheap shit. And my experience in 15 years of
> working with puter hardware (in last years daily) is that Maxtor sells just
> cheap shit, sorry to be so harsh, but it is the same trap as with Soyo
> boards, both die like one-day-flies. In these cases cheap means not
> costless, it means cheap in material, cheap in quality and cheap in
> support. I am happy if u have different and positive experiences and i
> don't blame u for having a Maxtor drive. The first question was which
> hardware is worth the price to buy it and many of us listees answered
> (although it is pretty ot). Presenting ym experience with Maxtor drives
> comes down to one single line: "Do not buy a Maxtor drive !". Tastes and
> budgets are different and so experiences are. To set a final line, i me
> personally rather spend more money and have sth i am happy with than
> purchasing sth where the only fun is that i got it cheap.
>
> >
> >I guess that just means hard drive preferences are a matter of personal
> >feelings.
>
>
> Yes, u say it. Same with cars or VCRs or TVs or coffee makers or toasters
> or beer brands or whateveronecanthinkof. The discussion is not meant to
> devide ppl into groups, i took it more as an exchange of experiences and
> the replies show that most of us are damn happy with IBM drives.
>
> Greez
>
> Dave
>
> PS.: Any comments bout my english ? Was it understandable what i wrote ?
> Just interested about if my schooling sucks or not, hehehehe.
>
>
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