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Whats yours expirience with IBM hard drives?
Posted by Brian Frank Imtim, I read an article in PC World about hard drives. In both 5400- and 7200-RPM hard drive categories, the Maxtors were the fastest in most cases--just a tad slower, by like a second or two in the 7200rpm. In the 5400 rpm hard drive category, the Maxtor drives smoked the IBM drives. I havent bought an IBM drive because they're more expensive than any other drive I can buy around here. My Maxtor is very good and very quiet. Western Digital's arent bad, but they are sure noisy. WD's tend to not like to share an IDE channel with another hard drive, but Maxtors dont seem to have a problem with 'em. I buy locally as much as possible because if something breaks down, you dont have to worry about shipping and if the company will get it back to you. Tiger Direct is the worst. Local prices may be higher than what you can get online, but you will have a better chance of getting the drive replaced and probably much sooner too. |