Mike Cloaked wrote: > > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> >>> hardly surprising at all...consumer grade SATA hard drives have become >>> unreliable and that is why none of the manufacturer's warranties them >>> beyond a year now. >>> >>> >>> >> Really? All of my Seagate drives that I purchase here in Taiwan have 3 >> year warranties. >> >> >> > > Yeah - well guess which make I just put in? Seagate Barracuda - the old > dead one was Samsung HD321KJ - so I can look forward to 3 years of reliable > service minimum! > No. It just means that if it fails within 3 years you'll get a free replacement. :-) FWIW, one of my systems has a Samsung that has been spinning now for more than 4 years. > Problem is that when you buy a new machine you don't have control over which > make of drive is in it unless you know something I don't! > For home use I generally construct my own system so I have full control. In the past, when working on major projects, we often order systems "in bulk" and HP and a few other vendords (at least here in Asia) would be "happy" to let us specify the drive maker. The price could be higher when we did that. -- Fortune finishes the great quotations, #21 Shall I compare thee to a Summer day? No, I guess not. Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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