Maxtor now owns Quantum's HDD unit.
On Monday 26 August 2002 05:26 pm, Joe wrote:
> 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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