[Scottish] hard drives

Cameron Logie scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Tue Jan 28 22:53:01 2003


Neil,

Touch wood, I've never had any trouble with the 12 Maxtors that I've
either bought for myself or specified for my customers.

Just don't buy a Fujitsu for god sake ! :)
You never know how many other skeletons may lurk in that closet.

Regards,
Cammy.


Neil Sinclair said:
> Hi -
>
> I'm just about to buy a new hard drive, and I've been hearing horrible
> stories  about Maxtor (cheap but icky) and IBM (just flaky for 2 drive
> models, other  more recent models seem ok).
>
> I'm tempted by Western Digital (WD800JB - 80Gb, 8Mb buffer, 7200rpm) who
> I've  alway found reliable, and by the Seagate iv series -
>
> Main apps are audio processing (audacity) and simple office stuff, odd
> bit of  html and Delphi.
>
> Any info / experience would be welcome before I part with my hard-earned
> cash!
>
> regards,
>
> Neil.
>
>
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