DISCLAIMER: I am employed by IBM as a software developer in Database Technologies.
Ben, fact or assertion? Assertion. There is IBM hardware in many PC level hardware components that you own and think are some of the best. IBM is a major EOM supplier of PC level hardware. Example, IBM made more money on the original i-mac hardware than Apple. That is probably true of the most recent models too. Where is the irony? My personal opinion is that western digital have always been the best... but you pay for it $$. Until this fiasco, IBM harddrives where/are considered some of the best. Example from just the other day can be found in /. Hemo's posting of his dream machine: fast, quite PC game playing machine, alla, IBM harddrive. Best regards, Lloyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darren Wyn Rees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 3:55 PM Subject: Re: some questions (after a HD crash) > IBM pc level hardware has always sucked, one of the greatest ironies in the > history of personal computing, which goes to show that making the first of > something doesn't necessarily mean that you've made the best. maxtor drives > are > pretty solid and relatively cheap, as are fujitsu drives. but, for ide drives, > i've never found any better than western digital. > > > > Darren Wyn Rees wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:05:44AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > > The hard disk is an IBM 40GB. Not sure of the model, but it's > > > > only about 4 months old, so I should be able to return it under > > > > the guarantee. What is the best way to WIPE data on the disk ? > > > > > > GTX (?) disks are widely reported to have quality issues, as previously > > > noted. > > > > Does anybody feel like making a recommendation for an IDE hard disk ? > > > > The last IBM HD (20GB) I bought had problems overheating. Now this new > > IBM HD (40GB) has died within four months. I don't think I'll be buying > > from Big Blue again. > > > > Maxtor disk in the UK come with a 3 year warranty. Are these any good ? > > > > -- > > Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com
