[Eug-lug] More Laptop Woes

[Jim Darrough]

I recently bought a new Seagate Vertical Recording technology 80g drive 
to replace my daughter's laptop drive. It is very very fast, and has a 5 
year warranty from Seagate. I suspect that it will last a while. The old 
drive, which my son grabbed (hence my need for another) was a Hitachi 
and had experienced some failed sectors, but I think that was more WinXP 
and 17 year-old teenage girl-itis more than hardware failure.

Regards, Jim

roger wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 18:39 -0700, Mr O wrote:
>> First of all, nearly everyone used IBM drives at one point. When
>> you could produce the volume needed at a price you couldn't
>> argue with why not buy? My pile of dead or nearly dead laptop
>> drives is 80% IBM/Hitachi. 19% Fujitsu & Toshiba. Maybe a couple
>> Seagate and not more than one or two WD or Samsung. Really don't
>> see WD laptop drives that often. 
> 
> Eh, Consider yourself lucky.  I used to swear by WD during the WD vs
> Maxtor wars.
> 
>> FWIW, IBM only sold 70% of its drive business (or the assets) to
>> Hitachi. That was shortly after the beginning of the DeathStar
>> debacle.
> 
> Yup, Hitachi probably are good drives, just my clumsy butt, errr...
> faulty plastic laptop case that couldn't withstand a gentle drop.
> 
>> Buying a Mac (laptop) is a really poor excuse to get a new
>> computer. It isn't as if the hardware is more or less reliable
>> than any other computer. One thing I do recommend to *anybody*
>> considering a Mac, get the extened warranty no questions asked.
>> They cost way too much to repair and I refuse to work on them
>> any more.
> 
> I enjoyed this note concerning Macs, but it does makes sensible
> sense! ;-)
> 
>> The hardware nazi,
>> Mr O.
> 
> Any fliers promoting your political agenda? ;-)
> 
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