Hello Viktor.

29 Apr 04 20:34, you wrote to all:


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

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

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

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

I really don't know, I have a Seagate 545MB HDD here that I have been using 
since they came out, 10 - 13 years (?) the 120MB Maxtor I had before it, did 
not last 2 years. I am running another Seagate 6Gig HDD for 7-8 years, and a 
FUJITSU 15Gig has been running for 4-5 years here.

Russell

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