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On Sunday 04 April 2004 18:33, Terje Kvernes wrote: |
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> "Dan Podeanu" <pdan@×××××××××××.net> writes: |
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> > I would never buy a Samsung HDD, as I would never buy an HP switch, |
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> > or an LG mobile phone. |
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> well, at work we've moved over to Samsung Spinpoint drives. we've |
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> had no losses of around 50 units over the last year. our general |
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> experience is that there is no manufacturer to avoid, except |
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> of course the old 75GXP and 60GXP series from IBM. :-) |
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> harddrives die, that's what they do. the only question is when, and |
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> that's pretty much a lottery. this is why you have backups and RAID |
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> for important data. |
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Actually I think your point is right. Sometimes there are bad batches, but |
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that happens to any manufacturer. That does not change anything about the |
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speed of my orignal 10gb hd though ;-) |
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Paul |
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ps. I got a faster 40gb version in return that does show no signs of trouble. |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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