hard drive woes

[mike neuliep]

All, the other thing to consider is when you have an equipment failure,
how was the customer and warrantee service on the product?  When my 4.9
years old fujitsu scsi drive died, they 2nd day aired cross shipped me
another drive without any hassles.  They will honor warrantees with drives
shipped as part of an OEM system too -- no hassle.  Seagate warrantee is a
pain the rear and western digital takes weeks and weeks to get your dead
drive back.  Every company will have failure with their gear, but how they
handle the failure is what makes, to me, one of the biggest differences in
my consideration to purchase new equipment.

Just my two cents worth,

	Mike

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Bradley Miller wrote:

> Yes, I think it's the "propensity to b*tch" that earmarks products for all
> to be leery of.  I wanted a decent multi-function printer/scanner/copier
> type machine and the Lexmark X83 was my choice after exhaustive studies.
> Now I look through and see tons of "what a peice of poo" type messages.
> *Sigh*  It would really be *helpful* to know how many of a certain product
> are out on the market vs. how many are being complained about.  
> 
> How do you truly evaluate someone's "it's crap" type rantings?  Ok, there
> might be something with a swanky harddrive causing a cheapo power supply to
> flucuate that then causes it's early demise.  (I'm reaching here, but hear
> me out.)  Buying another drive may lower the amperage hit and then the
> cheapo power supply keeps the new drive happy.  
> 
> (I'm all for knowing all the facts . . . like do Ford Explorers really
> turnover more often?  Well, whether they do or not, if more people drive
> them then more rollovers will occur.  Do they have a higher rollover rate
> than other brands because more people are driving them or is it because
> they get a higher percentage of less skilled SUV operators?  Think about it
> . . . )
> 
> -- Bradley Miller
> 
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