hard drive woes
Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy
mbellamy at kc.rr.com
Fri Nov 22 15:23:41 CST 2002
Maxtor has a great warranty, too. At least they did when I purchased my
drive. It's 5 years, now I think its one. Drive was 2nd day aired to
me, too. The only problem was when I opened the box they'd sent me, it
was another Maxtor drive ;)
mike neuliep wrote:
>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.
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>Just my two cents worth,
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> Mike
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>On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Bradley Miller wrote:
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>(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
>>. . . )
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>>-- Bradley Miller
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