[TriLUG] Hardware: Most reliable IDE HD brand?

[Ed Hill]

On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 16:35, B. Evans wrote:
> It used to be that IBM drives were widely regarded as the most reliable 
> consumer IDE hd's you could buy.  I haven't paid too much attention to 
> this area lately but would like an idea of who makes the most reliable 
> IDE hd.


Be warned: IDE drives have become a commodity with razor-thin margins
and, probably as a result, all manufacturers are currently switching to
1-yr instead of 3-yr warranties.

I've had excellent luck with IBM drives but they're in the process of
exiting the IDE HD business (selling that division).  I hear that the
current Maxtor and Western Digital drives are good but due to past
experiences with WD (mid-90's) I'll never knowingly buy another of
theirs.  And Fujitsu had a bad production run in the last year--see past
issues of the Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/) for details.

Ed

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