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On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Bruce Hill |
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<daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I won't buy any SATA |
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> mechanical drives except Hitachi. |
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Hitachi's storage division was sold off and split up last year. Their |
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2.5" HDD and SDD lines now belong to Western Digital (who continue to |
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sell the *Star models under the "HGST" brand name), while their 3.5" |
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HDD lines now belong to Toshiba who are selling them under the Toshiba |
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brand name. |
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Toshiba never made 3.5" HDD's before, and they purchased Hitachi's |
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brands, designs, patents and factories relating to 3.5" HDDs. Many of |
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the Toshiba HDD's being sold today, in Toshiba boxes with Toshiba |
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labels and new model numbers, in fact still have the Hitachi brand |
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name and model number embedded in the chipset when you hook it up to |
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your computer. |
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