So should I switch to Debian ... (TID)

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Friday 05 December 2003 12:01 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On 12/5/2003 12:50 PM, I believe that Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Leon Goldstein wrote:
> >>Tim Wunder wrote inter alia:
> >>>Someday I'll buy one of
> >>>them big honkin' hard drives and give myself some play partitions.
> >>
> >>If your system(s) support ATA 66 or 100, I can recommend a Western
> >>Digital "Jumbo" drive with the 8 MB cache.
> >>Seagate also offers a lne of drives with 8 MB cache, but I have not seen
> >>any reviews about these yet.
> >
> > I read a few reviews, and they were highly praised.  I'm personally a big
> > fan of Seagate drives, and have had excellent experiences with them.
> > Their RMA's are also very expeditiosly handled.
>
> As I recall, WD got some bad press a few years ago, but what I've heard
> recently has been good. I've got a buddy that dabbles in hardware that
> used to swear by Maxtor, but said he's been having trouble with those
> lately. He also is a big proponent, now, of the WD's with the 8 MB
> cache. Just need to pony up the $$$. Probly won't happen 'til after
> Christmas...
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>

FWIW:  There's a local computer shop here that has stopped carrying WD drives 
due to issues regarding RMA's.  One of the sales staff also noted problems 
with larger drives ( > 120 GB) in general.

Andrew Gould