Good Temps

[Virtualbody1234]

Well, abu, based on my own previous experience, I will not buy another Maxtor.

[clocker]

To be fair VB, if enough people were to be polled, you'd probably find people who didn't like your beloved Seagates either. It's all a matter of numbers, really.

But that's neither here nor there.

Based on Abu's experience ( and yes, Abu, I DO believe you...) I'm investigating Maxtors based only on their apparent ability not to generate heat, but rather to absorb it and send it to a different continuum.

Funny they don't advertise that miraculous feature.
They should make CPU heatsinks featuring this amazing technology...then they'd really have something...

[Virtualbody1234]

if enough people were to be polled, you'd probably find people who didn't like your beloved Seagates either.

Quite possibly true.

I was only saying what I have experienced with Maxtor drives.

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@9 December 2003 - 08:14


I was only saying what I have experienced with Maxtor drives.

Of course.
I understood that.

While you probably have dealt with more HDD units than most, for the average person, one failure equals a 100% failure rate in their experience.
In fact, on a different forum I was just reading about a VERY unhappy Seagate user.

My computer mentors also LOVE Seagates, won't use anything but.
Too bad they're so expensive...

[Virtualbody1234]

Well I just did a quick check at a local retailer and the prices are:

Maxtor 120Gb ATA133 [7200] *8Mb* ----------------- $134
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120Gb [7200] *8Mb* -- $135

Dollars are in Canadian currency.

As you can see, they are almost the same price around here.

[clocker]

Typically, and I admit I'm not a big on-line shopper, at outlets such as Best Buy and Comp USA, Maxtors and Western Digitals are heavily discounted by means of rebates.
Seagates are not.

Your experience may vary.

[abu_has_the_power]

seagates and wd's are just as good. i'm not really sure y i always bought maxtors. but from my experience, i've never had a prob with them. wd's are really good too

[johnboy27]

My response was just based on what I have been told by friends who have owned them.Some have had to RMA 2 or 3 times etc. These were older drives and I am sure they have gotten better over the years but your temp just seems tooooo low.There is no possible way to have it that low,it is impossible. The only logical explanation would be a bad sensor.

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by johnboy27@10 December 2003 - 01:17
My response was just based on what I have been told by friends who have owned them.Some have had to RMA 2 or 3 times etc. These were older drives and I am sure they have gotten better over the years but your temp just seems tooooo low.There is no possible way to have it that low,it is impossible. The only logical explanation would be a bad sensor.

i put my hand on my hd once or twice, and it's much colder than room temp

[Virtualbody1234]

It must have a built in refrigerator.