[ale] difference among Seagate, WesternDigital & Maxtor ?

[Raylynn Knight]

I agree with the order here.  I purchased a 160GB Maxtor from Fry's and
had to send it in under warranty within a week.  The replacement failed
within 3 weeks.  I've also had bad luck with Western Digital.  

I have never had a Seagate drive fail that was less than 3 years old.
And I have some Seagate drives that are over 6 years old and still going
strong.

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 22:15 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> Personally, I like it in the order you have listed and I don't get
> Maxtor unless I am broke or have no other choice.
> 
> On 10/24/05, Courtney Thomas <cc.thomas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I need a new IDE drive and apparently Seagate, Western Digital and
> > Maxtor have it to themselves, though I'm receptive if others are more
> > for less.
> >
> > Is there any significant difference among them that I should be aware
> > of, or just get the biggest I can find for the least cost ?
> >
> > Appreciatively,
> >
> > Courtney
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