David Brodbeck wrote:
> John Andersen wrote:
>
>> Bad analogy. You don't get a new life from an insurance policy.
>> You do get a new drive from a warranty.
>>
>>
>
> Actually, you don't get a new drive. You get someone else's broken
> drive that's been "factory refurbished." At least
John Andersen wrote:
>
> Bad analogy. You don't get a new life from an insurance policy.
> You do get a new drive from a warranty.
>
Actually, you don't get a new drive. You get someone else's broken
drive that's been "factory refurbished." At least from every
manufacturer I've ever dealt wi
James Knott wrote:
Although you can purchase insurance type warranties, you can't really
compare life insurance with a product warranty. We all know that most
of us will die eventually
most HDrive will die :-(, the only question is when? same for us. for
any manufacturer any _long_ term wara
On Saturday 24 February 2007, jdd wrote:
> > So, longer warranties simply mean that
> > most drives will last to the end of the longer warranty period.
>
> of course not. Having a life insurance don't mean you will live longer...
Bad analogy. You don't get a new life from an insurance policy.
Yo
jdd wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>
>> Warranties give the manufacturer an incentive to make drives that will
>> outlast the warranty period.
>
> of course
>
>> So, longer warranties simply mean that
>> most drives will last to the end of the longer warranty period.
>
> of course not. Having a life
James Knott wrote:
Warranties give the manufacturer an incentive to make drives that will
outlast the warranty period.
of course
So, longer warranties simply mean that
most drives will last to the end of the longer warranty period.
of course not. Having a life insurance don't mean you wil
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
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 p
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 l
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.
>
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