GB>> I would strongly advise against buying a WD Caviar 850!
 BG>> Why, do you have one?  No?  I thought not.
 LE>> Maybe not, but I have four, and I don't like them much either. One was
 LE>> DOA, replaced, another died within 14 days of installation, and they
 BG> DOA.  Why is his failure rate only ~0.01% while yours is 50%?  Were yours
 BG> grey-marketed drives, or did you source them legally from Westan as well?

Shouldn't make any difference, since they are all made in the same factory.
But of course they were gray-marketed. Why should I line Westan's pockets ?

 LE>> I wouldn't recommend one either.
 BG> That certainly puts you in a very tiny minority then.  |-)

It's specifically the 850 I don't like. The 210 (still made??), 340, 420,
540 are fine. Other sizes, I haven't tried (I believe there is a 730..
haven't tried it).

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