[ale] difference among Seagate, WesternDigital & Maxtor ?

[Jim Lynch]

I've been running WD drives since the early '90's.  Had one fail under 
waranty.  Only had one Maxtor, it failed about 30 days after I installed 
it.  Had a few Seagates back in the MFM days, but maybe only one since.  
This is almost a "religious" choice, if you can permit me to use that 
word in this context. I have a friend that uses a lot of drives and 
swears by Samsung drives. 

I don't think you can go wrong with either WD or Seagate.  Find the 
cheapest sale, which is usually WD, at one of the Office supply stores 
or Best Buy (ugh but they have good prices on sale), etc.

Jim.


James Sumners wrote:

>Personally, I like it in the order you have listed and I don't get
>Maxtor unless I am broke or have no other choice.
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>On 10/24/05, Courtney Thomas <cc.thomas at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>I need a new IDE drive and apparently Seagate, Western Digital and
>>Maxtor have it to themselves, though I'm receptive if others are more
>>for less.
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>>Is there any significant difference among them that I should be aware
>>of, or just get the biggest I can find for the least cost ?
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>>Appreciatively,
>>
>>Courtney
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