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Subject: Re: <OT> Western Digital Caviar 60 GB, 7200-RPM drive US$130

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 22:11:30 10/24/01

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On October 24, 2001 at 17:38:54, Angrim wrote:

>On October 24, 2001 at 15:06:33, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On October 24, 2001 at 15:01:21, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>On October 24, 2001 at 14:33:44, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.accessmicro.com/productinfo.php3?ProductId=HDPWDID60BB
>>>>
>>>>Shipping is under $10 ground in USA
>>>>
>>>>(For those who think poorly of Maxtor drives!)
>>>
>>>Thank you for this post. A poster was critical of Maxtor drives last week and
>>>said #1 was better (or words to that affect). Several of us asked who #1 was and
>>>the answer was..... well never mind, thats another thing.
>>>Thanks
>>>Wayne
>>
>>
>>Yeah, I was the originator of the Maxtor thread.  Since Vince D. seemed to hate
>>Maxtors and dislike drives that spin slower than 7200 RPM, I figured maybe he'd
>>like this particular deal better.
>>
>>Personally, I've used many, many brands of hard drives since the mid-'80s and
>>every brand has had mostly good results and some failures (Micropolis was the
>>worst to me).  In recent years, Maxtors have been great to me.  I'm not an
>>expert on which brand is best.  I do think the price listed here is very good
>>for this model, and offers a good alternative to the $150 80 GB Maxtor of last
>>week.
>
>Everyone seems to have different results with these.  The last two WD
>brand drives that I bought are now paperweights, while the last
>two Maxtor brand hard drives(30gig, 7200rpm) that I bought haven't
>died yet despite my useing them for tablebase builds for months
>at a time.
>

EXACTLY my results too. WD are definitely low-quality, MAXTOR rules! Ed. choice
as well.
>I expect there are others who have had the opposite results.
>
>Angrim



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