Posted on 12/21/2005 10:43:52 AM PST by ShadowAce
There's got to be a way to spin this to badmouth President Bush, or free enterprise, or international trade. There's just got to be.
LOL!
I like both companies... not sure how to take this.
Maxtor helped drive prices down. Seagate was slow and overpriced.
Probably just lead to higher drive prices. It will be interesting to see what WD does.
Bush is a whore these big hard drive cartels. Now the big hard drive companies are a total monopoly. These are the hard drives used in those Diebold machines used to steal last elections. Slimey Bush.
Ummm... Seagate slow? remember the Cheetah 15K? also their Savvio 10K.1 isnt to shabby.
In my 20 years of computer experience, I have had the best results with Western Digital disk drives. I have replaced more failed Maxtor and Seagate disk drives than any other brands. IBM used to be good too. Don't know if they are since their disk drive division was bought by Hitachi.
And which IDE cable do I buy to hook these buggers up?
I would say that Maxtor scsi's are slow but the Seagates like to break.
I'm just not a happy guy ;-)
Got a bunch of Maxtor 250 G drives....they run great for me.....
"Maxtor shares rose $2.36 to $6.88."
This article would have been of more value yesterday! I always find out 24 hours too late!!!
I wouldnt mind getting a few of those 300GB maxtors what are they called diamond max 10's?
I'll bet Martha got a tip.
Oh yeah, George Clooney is already working on the script for a new movie: "Giant Magneto-Resistiana". One particularly telling line from a character in the script: Areal density is our protection. Areal density keeps us safe and warm. Areal density is why we win. From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the assembly plants of Mexico, the script's multiple storylines weave together to illuminate the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of sector caching and platter counts.
Good discussion on Slashdot on this today - One guy was saying that he liked this drive because they never died and hated this drive because they always died etc. etc.
Someone else came along and said that's not the way to look at it. Hard drives WILL fail eventually - the only solution is to back up your data and plan for that failure. No point in putting your faith in a superstition that X drive never fails.
Also another poster pointed out that look at the warranties that come with the drives. I think it was Seagate that came with a 5 year warranty (don't quote me on that) versus maybe a Maxtor that came with a 1 year warranty. But warranty length is a good indicator.
But in the end, you must back up your data. In fact one poster said that HD's are like toilet paper - disposable items that you plan on getting rid of. (If HD's are like toilet paper, then what is your data? He didnt' say.)
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