Hello All!

Here is some interesting question i've got: Why in different regions of the
world different hard drives manufacturers are percieved totally different?
for example:

Some people in the US say that fujitsu drives are good and maxtor are bad,
while in israel fujitsu are considered total crap and maxtor are one of the
best hd brands. Or for example Seagate - in russia they are considered one
of the most long-living drives while i had something like 6 of those
crashing on me, mostly while they are still on guarantee period (ie 1-2
years since they were purchased).

I also heard many people from the US say they like IBM drives. But both in
Israel and in Russia there are considered crap.

Anyway why do those differences occur? Maybe it's the climate or something?
Or the drives sold here are not quite the same drives sold elsewhere?
Anyway, this looks odd...

Best Regards, Viktor (aka BlackDew)

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