hard drive noise

[Alma J Wetzker]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Thu, 12 May 2005, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> 
>>Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Mon, 9 May 2005, Ken Moffat wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone notice Western Digital to be a bit noisier than Maxtor
>>>>drives?
>>>>
>>>>Just wondering, I get a bit of noise from both my new WD drives.
>>>
>>>
>>>s/noisier/crappier
>>>
>>>yes :)
>>>
>>
>>That evaluation comes and goes.  I've had bad luck with Maxtor more
>>than WD, but that's over the past decade.
> 
> 
> Well sure, but i was saying they were both crappy.  Seagate is the only
> vendor that i've found to be reliable for any type of drive (PATA, SATA,
> SCSI, etc).

I love the Seagate drives.  I can't say the same about the drive prices. 
  For instance, the WD 160 GB ATA drive can be had for $40 after rebates 
this month.  On my student budget, I can't even begin to justify the 
difference.

     -- Alma