Messages in this thread |  | | From | jbradford@dial ... | Subject | Re: ide drive dying? | Date | Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:56:57 +0100 (BST) |
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> > On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Ookhoi wrote: > > > jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote (ao): > > > I have *never* lost data to a Maxtor disk. I have had IBM, Fujitsu, > > > Western Digital, and DEC drives all fail on me before. > > > > > > It's dissapointing that Maxtor are reducing their warranty from 3 > > > years to 1 year, but on the other hand, I've never needed it at all. > > > > FWIW: > > On http://www.maxtor.com/products/enterprise_apps/default.htm > > they say 3 years limited warranty. > > That's only their MaxLine II drives. Their regular DiamondMax and all > that, are still one year starting in October. At least their SCSI drives > haven't been killed off yet. > > OffTopic: > > I'm wonder just who in upper Management at Maxtor decided to help the > company commit suicide. > > I've already ordered a few Seagate drives to test out here at our > offices, to replace my previous choice of Maxtor D740X's. I'll still be > looking at the MaxLine II's for backup servers because of the 3 year > warranty, but for desktops, I can't risk our data to drives that even the > manufacturer doesn't trust. The performance drop becomes secondary at > that point. > > I know of a few local shops that will no longer carry Maxtor drives > because the warranty costs would kill their profit margin. They cannot > offer a 3 year warranty on the computer when the drive is only covered > for a year. > > Mike Dresser, > > Systems Administrator > Windsor Machine & Stamping >
According this this announcement:
http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/news/20020909-89588.cfm
some of their new ATA drives will carry a three-year warranty.
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