LE> I have four, and I don't like them much either.
LE> One was DOA, replaced, another died within 14 days of
LE> installation, and they all sound very whiney and clattery.

GB> They certainly do. I'm never buying a WD...

RS> Entirely your choice, thats what competition is all about.

Sure is.

GB> I'll stick with Conner thanks.. Nice and fast, and they have
GB> a much bigger on-board cache than most drives of the same size.

RS> You are getting confused there Grant. Conner often have two different
RS> models in the same size, say a 540MB drive. The CFS is the OK model,
RS> with nothing special cache size wise, the CFA having the bigger cache
RS> and often a higher rotation rate too.

Yes I should have mentioned that, too. I have a CFA 170mb.. Nothing
special, but I like the extra speed that the Filepro Advantage's have.

Later,
Grant

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