On Fri June 16 2006 11:49 am, fredex wrote: > > >As for which brand to buy, I'd go with whichever one has > > > the longest warranty. > > > > Three years on the both of them! > > Then I'd go with whichever one costs less. Or whichever one is > the prettiest! Personal experience. I do among other things, hardware management for one company and one non-profit org. Maybe 75-100 pc's under my care. I have a stack of dead Maxtors in my service shop. About twenty have failed in the past 18 months. Do the research - there's plenty out there about this; somebody saying all is well because he's got one that's run 6 months, and another that's run a year reminds me of the story of the guy who jumped off the tall building - half way down, someone leans out the window and asked how he was doing - "so far, so good..." he replied... Maxtors are junk in my view. Of the ones that have failed, 1/3 were the USB externals variety. the ones housed in the plastic cases that can't breathe - I've taken some apart and found browned ribbon cable from the heat; many were fairly recent vintage in the 160-300 GB range, and the balance were a little older 20-35GB varieties. And don't bother to get their technical support to acknowledge this issue - they can't for obvious reasons... I can only hope that since their acquisition by Seagate, things will improve. To the poster who related his positive 6mo/1yr experience, I would just say, make sure you've got anything you care about backed up... -- Claude Jones Brunswick, Md, USA
