Pascal Schmidt wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 PS> Hi Roy! :-)

 RJT> I was wondering,  do any of you folks have any experience with 
 RJT> either Hitachi or Samsung drives?  I see those two names popping up 
 RJT> more and more in my searches lately...

 PS> I'm using a 40G Samsung drive for about a year now, no problems. No
 PS> idea about Hitachi.

Good to know,  I only remember hearing one comment about Samsung prior to
this,  and that was a negative one.  Since I can't remember specifics I
don't put much weight to it.

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