I'll echo Joe's comments and give an endorsement to Intrex, especially since they give discounts to TriLUG members. That said, if you don't _mind_ keeping shipping supplies around and are meticulous about keeping records (such as receipts), then you can safely go with an internet bargain that includes a nice (eg. 3-5 yr.) warranty.
:) -CMP On 9/20/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly... buy something solid, not a low grade line, make sure it has > a good warranty... brand? HA... I've had drives from every major > manufacturer break and some still alive LONG after warranties are > expired. What makes the difference? Being smart about *backing up > your data* and not buying cheap... like if Belkin made harddrives... > maybe I wouldn't buy those... but WD, Maxtor, Seagate, all those guy's > top lines... just buy for price (and compare stats such as length of > warranty and X MB of buffer, etc.) I don't think you can really go > wrong. > > have fun, > David McD > > > On 9/19/05, Joel Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You will likely start a significant argument over different people's > > experiences with different brands of drives, and everyone's experiences > > will vary wildly. The truth is that with any new drive you purchase, > > especially large ones, it hasn't been around long enough to have good > > reliability data. If performance is what you are interested in, then > > consider the Maxtor Maxline III. It comes in a 300 GB version, and has > > a 16 MB buffer. It comes in SATA and PATA interfaces, so make sure you > > get the right one. It also comes with a 5 year warranty, something many > > people will cite as a benefit of the Seagate drives, but for this line > > of Maxtors you get it too. I've been using a Maxline Plus II for a > > while now and it has performed quite well and without errors. But as > > for any critical data, you should consider RAID and backups crucial. > > > > Joel > > > > Andrew Perrin wrote: > > > Any preferences out there for large-capacity ATA (not SCSI or SATA for > > > this application) hard drives? I'd love to go near 300GB if possible but > > > can do with less if necessary. > > > > > > Thanks- > > > Andy > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > > > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
