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Okay and thanks for that!

Would you buy an unproven model from Toyota, which has a history of building reliable cars, or from Chrysler, which has a history of spotty reliability?

Message Edited by ejn63 on 03-06-2006 06:15 AM

5400.3 embodies major head architure & read/write technique nexgen intro - not in enterprise component, where buyer resistance results in manufacturing line shutdown - but in consumer product line ... beta testing by any other name

seagate is having sufficient problems sorting out maxtor's production booboo's - I have personally view (2) 40foot containers completely full of recent production maxtor drives destined for indonesia, malaysia & thailand - unsaleable in western countries as warranty claims would be nearly 100% - seafreight, did not even bother to airfreight as is customary practice - s.e.asian distributor paid 25cents on dollar for (2) container loads

and we haven't even discussed wd's production problems - let's give ibm deathstar rant a rest...

Message Edited by kwokPC on 03-06-2006 07:31 AM

Seagate hasn't even received final approval on the buyout of Maxtor, so it's unlikely the've got anything at all to do with Maxtor production at the moment.

Maxtor has, by some reports, fixed some of the problems with the new China plants.

IBM had already turned the corner on desktop drives before Hitachi took over. Their desktop models are now as good as anyone else's.

The first-generation 7K60 IBM/Hitachis were not particularly reliable drives - the second-generation Hitachi 7K100s may or may not be better, but they're not leveraging a strong reputation for reliability. The Seagate designs aren't proven either, but they're products of the same engineering that produced the very reliable Momentus 7200.1 and .2 drives.

Let's just say the jury is out on both likes of 7200 drives - but that just as it's more likely that an unproven Toyota will be reliable than an unproven Chrysler, that it's statistically more likely Seagate's 7200 will outpoint Hitachi's for the same reason.

Besides that, you get a better warranty with Seagate, and far better warranty support (Seagate replacements ship in under a week, while Hitachi has been known to drag out a replacement for a month or more). Such is the nature of the game when your business depends on hard drives, as Seagate does - vs. Hitachi, which makes everything from electric shavers to nuclear power plants, leaving hard drives a sideline.

Toyota reliable ejn63?

I don't know of too many modern engines that still use cast iron heads. As for reliability in the auto world, Toyota is tops in just about every category and by every measure. I'd rather have a Toyota engine with 50,000 miles on it than a brand-new engine from Chrysler.

And as for notebook drives, WD is a newcomer - they've only been producing them for a couple of years, and while the reliability evidence is good - certainly better than Hitachi - WDs aren't as well proven as some others.

Ford is OK I suppose, as long as you don't mind having it spontaneously combust overnight.

Toshiba's 2.5" drives are quite reliable - better by far than Hitachi's.