Clint Savage wrote: > WD (which is seagate again)? > > Since when? I see no evidence of this anywhere. > > I also want to point out that Western Digital has a 5 YEAR WARRANTY!! > > http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdus/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/c ategoryID.13095100/parid.13092500/catid.13094900 > > If you are not sure, just check that link from their site! > > Cheers, > > Clint
That's not a consumer grade drive. $200 for a single TB should have tipped you off. If you want a 5 year warranty, Seagate also offers a 5 year warranty, but no longer on their consumer grade drives. No need to caps and throw out the exclamation points yet... In reality, it matters little. In 3 years' time it's usually time to upgrade, and the HDD is usually one of the first parts to be changed out. IMO, the biggest thing the dropping of the warranty says to consumers is "we don't trust our drives as much as we used to." Keep in mind, dropping their warranty isn't the only reason I will be steering clear of Seagate. The biggest problem is they can't seem to be able to produce a good drive. Just when they get one firmware problem fixed, they release more drives with even worse firmware. Brian -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
