Hi Bill,

 BG> I've never used one, so I'm unable to comment.  However, in his
 BG> typical manner, Grant made a blanket statement which included ALL
 BG> Western Digital HDs, and such generalisations are patently false.

No I didn't. I said SPECIFICALLY the 850.

 LE>> The 210 (still made??), 340, 420, 540 are fine. Other sizes, I
 LE>> haven't tried (I believe there is a 730.. haven't tried it).

 BG> Nice to see that you're a bit more open-minded than Grant.  |-)

I agree with Lewin totally. All the others are fine, however, the 850 is
just not good enough for a mainstream company such as WD.

Regards,
Grant

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