To: TheBattman
I miss the creme of the market - Micropolis drives.
3 posted on
04/20/2011 8:36:53 AM PDT by
C210N
(0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
To: C210N
I also remember a couple of decades back when Seagate made some good drives...
Then Western Digital drives had a high point..
Now... who knows? I have used Samsung drives with good success, as well as Hitachi (that “distant third” manufacturer mentioned in the write-up).
But my experiences of the last 4 years has been that Seagate drives (both bare and external) are flakey and unreliable in general, and that Western Digital drives are either great or duds - and you never know, even within the same shipment which is which.
I suppose this will all change dramatically if the SSD drives ever get competitive price-wise. Unfortunately, the quality of those will come down with the price (as the outsourcing continually seeks cheaper venues to manufacture).
5 posted on
04/20/2011 8:41:55 AM PDT by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: C210N
I miss the creme of the market - Micropolis drives.
Great drives. The magnets in the 330 MB/ 5 1/4" SCSI models would pick up a tricycle. The electric motor could rotate a whole house fan.
But there were other premium brands: Priam, for instance. And don't forget the Rolls-Royce of hard drives, CORE!
R.I.P. Rodime, Quantum, Computer Memories Inc. (worst drives EVER), Fujitsu (now owned by Toshiba), Tandon (solid drives for the $) and Tulin.
20 posted on
04/20/2011 9:51:36 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(neral E)
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