Good luck with the seagate pfflam. I had a seagate from the factory in my Sony Vaio PC and the HD lasted not even 8 months without a major breakdown (crash)
Lost it all as I was unwise to back things up.
Needless to say I will never purchase another seagate.
I hope it was a fluke. All manufacturers have some percentage of lemons.
Does anyone know why the big HDs would be unreliable?
They aren't, usually, just certain brands tend to be a little more flakey than others. for everyday use, maxtor drive are not to bad, though i'd probably look to something else in a work environment.
My Maxtor has survived WAY more abuse than it should have. Whereas my IBM Deathstar lost me $379 and 45 gigs of data. Just to spite them I'm NEVER buying and IBM hard drive again.
My Maxtor has survived WAY more abuse than it should have. Whereas my IBM Deathstar lost me $379 and 45 gigs of data. Just to spite them I'm NEVER buying and IBM hard drive again.
i seem to recall an issue with one or more of the IBM drives some time back that could result in data loss. i think this was fixed in later drives but i understand where your coming from. I too have had pretty good luck with maxtor, but everything i read says they are not the most reliable things on the market. xlr8yourmac.com has great reviews on all things hardware related. an invaluable resource for anyone looking to buy.
Comments
Why isn't this in General Discussion?
Originally posted by groverat
Why would they be unreliable?
Why isn't this in General Discussion?
Rumors?
& cause its outside Apple . . . . and I was too lazy to think staight
Originally posted by groverat
Why would they be unreliable?
Why isn't this in General Discussion?
Why don't you move it? You are a mod.
Originally posted by alcimedes
thought you were talking about the 120GB drives for $110.
Got mine for 83$
wrapped
Originally posted by pfflam
Got mine for 83$
wrapped
Good luck with the seagate pfflam. I had a seagate from the factory in my Sony Vaio PC and the HD lasted not even 8 months without a major breakdown (crash)
Lost it all as I was unwise to back things up.
Needless to say I will never purchase another seagate.
I hope it was a fluke. All manufacturers have some percentage of lemons.
Fellowship
Does anyone know why the big HDs would be unreliable?
I move it here.
Originally posted by groverat
I am not a mod.
Does anyone know why the big HDs would be unreliable?
They aren't, usually, just certain brands tend to be a little more flakey than others. for everyday use, maxtor drive are not to bad, though i'd probably look to something else in a work environment.
Originally posted by Aquatic
My Maxtor has survived WAY more abuse than it should have. Whereas my IBM Deathstar lost me $379 and 45 gigs of data. Just to spite them I'm NEVER buying and IBM hard drive again.
i seem to recall an issue with one or more of the IBM drives some time back that could result in data loss. i think this was fixed in later drives but i understand where your coming from. I too have had pretty good luck with maxtor, but everything i read says they are not the most reliable things on the market. xlr8yourmac.com has great reviews on all things hardware related. an invaluable resource for anyone looking to buy.
Just to spite them I'm NEVER buying and IBM hard drive again.
IIRC, they sold their HD facilities to Toshiba after the deathstar debacle.
i remember reading a review a while back that found among the massive HD's, Maxtors were actually had the lowest return/defect rate.