IBM = MUD
I will never buy anything tainted by the memory of IBM.
Hitachi will have to prove themselves for years before I'd risk them - just because I wonder if the IBM disease will enter their line, too.
I had not one, but TWO of the infamous Deskstar drives. Both crapped out after about a year (which is better than what some people got). They were RMA'd, and one of the replacement drives just croaked - that notorious "Tssst, Tssst, Tssst" sound, followed by slow response time, culminating in death. It's boxed up on the counter waiting for it's trip to the Post Office.
I know that many of their other drives have worked fine for others, but after 3 out of 4 (so far...) croaking on me I wouldn't give them any of my dough again, even for a good drive.
Prof
PS: The other replacement drive was given to my niece last August when she was trying to build a decent computer on a tight budget. I saw her the other day and warned her that she'd better make good use of her CD Burner if she has any data she cares about.
Luckily, that machine has a tape backup so I didn't lose too much information between my last backup and when the drive crapped out.
