on 12/1/03 7:35 PM, Telcontar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I forwarded him your previous mail - he replies: > >> Actually, I have addressed ALL the points in that email, several times over >> the course of my chronology. >> Multiple cables, multiple cases, boards, cpu, ram, drivers, etc etc. >> >> They all didn't happen in the same computer, these were spaced out over >> several systems, with mix of old and new parts. The ONLY constant was that >> brand of hdd.
I work in a computer shop that has in the past sold Maxtor hard drives as the brand of choice. Maxtor had a three year warranty on their drives but has changed the warranty to one year. Recently I have seen a significant number of defective Maxtor drives returned. I think that the store record is four on the same day. This might not sound like much, but it is a small computer store and this level of failure is unheard of. I have no trouble believing that a replaced drive could be defective again four times. These failures are all recent Maxtor drives, 40 to 120GB. I have a 4GB Maxtor in my Max and it has worked fine for years. I recommend buying a hard drive based partly on the warranty the manufacturer gives. For example Western Digital has two classes of drives, less expensive models with 2MB cache and one year warranty, and more expensive models with 8MB cache and a three year warranty. The price gap isn't very big but your investment is much better protected with a three year warranty (and you get the performance benefit of the 8MB cache). Every drive manufacturer has some drives that fail within the warranty period, you want to avoid the drives with a higher failure rate. A few years ago I would have recommended against purchasing a Western Digital drive. My experience with recent Maxtor drives has been poor and I wouldn't recommend one to a friend. On the other side Maxtor is an easy company to deal with for warranty replacement and I am sure that they will in the future make good drives (watch for a three year warranty). This is just my opinion. Take it or leave it. Mark -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
