Dario Greggio wrote:
> Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> 
>> Maxtor is now part of Seagate. Right I think they are killing Maxtor.
>> Anyway, Seagate bought Maxtor to kill a competitor.
> 
> I see, a pity then :-(
> 
> I don't know when it happened, you can probably tell me.
> I've seen that difference in uears from 1993 to, say 2001 or so.
> Maxtor have been better throughout all this time, up to now. (I almost 
> stopped buying Seagate at then end of the 90s, except if a *very* good 
> price was out at the time)
> 

I had several friends who had nothing but trouble with Maxtor in the
years around 2000. I've never had a Western Digital drive fail, and I've
personally used over 20 over the years. Maybe it's all luck.
-
Martin
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