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- From: johnwu@netcom.com (John M. Wu)
- Subject: Maxtor 213 meg drive - Is it rubbish?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.052732.14246@netcom.com>
- Keywords: maxtor
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 05:27:32 GMT
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- I bought a Maxtor 213 meg IDE drive a couple of months ago and had 0 problems
- with them. My friend, who works in some sleazy peecee clone store says
- they are trash since he claims that most of the returns involve the 213
- meg Maxtors. I suspect that what he is saying is rubbish but I want to
- make sure. So to fellow Maxtor (213 meg or not) drive owners...
-
- What do you think of your drive? Is it menure or is it the best thing since
- the toaster? If you have a non-Maxtor (esp. Conner or Quantum), rate it
- alongside the Maxtor. Just a short description and a rating of the drive
- is good enough. Please respond by email to this request. I will post
- my summary with compiled scores in a few days.
-
- Here is the rating system you should use...
-
- -10 to +10 rating with...
-
- -10 = multiple hard drive crashes, dead drive
- + 0 = It's slow, it's expensive, crashed once, but it works
- +10 = It's the best drive for the money!
-
- Example:
-
- I have a Seagate 40 meg MFM drive circa 1988. It's loud, it's slow (39 ms), it
- loses files every couple of months. But no hard drive crash or unexpected
- death. Rating: +2 (2 points from 0 for not crashing or dying)
-
- The Maxtor is quick, reliable, and cheap ($450 in September). I still have
- megs available and money in my wallet. No crashing or losing files.
- Rating: +8 If I bought it at today's prices, I would give a +9.
-
- I await your reply.
-
-
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