Actually in that time period the majority of thier drives were made by
Quantum (now mabye NEC owned quantum at the time I can't say) but they were
most definately quantum drives.
-Joe
On Sunday 25 August 2002 02:58 pm, you wrote:
> Yes there is a big hard drive law suite against IBM also the 3 or more year
> old IBM drives were usually made from NEC! They covered this story in
> Maximum PC also ZDNET and various places.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Hard Drive brand question
>
> > This came through from a s*bscr*ber who posted from the wrong address.
> > Thus, the message bounced. However, the content was worth forwarding
> > anyway.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from slug@lists.nks.net -----
> >
> > From: jeremy bowers <jeremy@jeremybowers.com>
> > To: slug@nks.net
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Hard Drive brand question
> >
> > IBM should be out of the question. Recently, their hard drives have been
> > exposed as having a ridiculous mean time between failure rate. They
> > aren't even producing drives anymore -- any drive you buy now was built
> > several months ago and has been rotting in a warehouse.
> >
> > IBM has recommended that no drive be left on more than 333 hours per
> > month. That breaks down to like 11 hours per day. I'd think you want more
> > than that kind of production out of a drive.
> >
> > Some of the horror stories? 40 out of 100 IBM 120GXP drives crash within
> > 3 months of purchase by a small ISP.
> >
> > Individual users of 40GXP drives getting less than 8 months of
> > production, IBM claims the drive isn't under warranty, because the damage
> > was caused by "excessive wear and tear" and under "extreme conditions."
> > The user left their computer on for six consecutive months with only
> > reboots bringing the system down occasionally. Doesn't sound "exessive"
> > or "extreme" to me.
> >
> > Here's the site where the people with a class-action lawsuit are suing
> > IBM now.
> >
> > http://www.sheller.com/ibmpress.htm
> >
> > Older IBM drives are still rock solid, but anything in the last year or
> > two is suspect.
> >
> > I've got a Maxtor 40gb 7200 in my main computer, and it's been great. I
> > also hear that Western Digital is putting out an acceptable product. A
> > good friend had some misgivings about the Caviar series, but
> > couldn't/wouldn't elaborate.
> >
> > --Jeremy
> >
> > --
> > Pine:
> > It's not the features,
> > It's the fresh scent.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
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