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Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

Dev — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:17:36 GMT

Seagate gets my vote.

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

amdcrankitup — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:38:54 GMT

Endersothergame:

I used to be exclusivly Maxtor drives, now it seems all the drives Ihave been purchasing are WD drives.

I myself have been a maxtor fan also and remain to be but also Im definatly a western digital fan and my next build we include them and a spinpoint.

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

Endersothergame — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:52:43 GMT

I used to be exclusivly Maxtor drives, now it seems all the drives Ihave been purchasing are WD drives.

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

tanka12345 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:47:57 GMT

Hi Ice,

Thats a great idea! Unfortunately there seems to be no poll option, but I'll make a manual poll instead!

Tanka12345

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

ice91785 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:22:01 GMT

Can you still add polls to the opening post? If so you should add one: between WD, Seagate, Samsung, and Hitachi.

i have always been a Samsung guy for my desktops also -- uber silent drives and pretty well performing

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

bob_on_the_cob — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:02:18 GMT

recoveringknowitall:

Where do Samsung drives fit into all this?

True. The new F1s look great.

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

tanka12345 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:00:43 GMT

To be honest I never really thought about other manufacturers like Samsung. You can post you opinion on others if you like, but could you also say which one you like better: Western Digital or Seagate.

Thanks

Tanka12345

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

recoveringknowitall — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:34:04 GMT

Where do Samsung drives fit into all this?

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

Super Dave — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:02:24 GMT

I read that original LA Times article back in May 2006 when it was first printed and it actually startled me with it's brutally-honest corporate revelation!

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

tanka12345 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:43:12 GMT

That's sad for the employees who lost their jobs [:'(] Seagate just focuses on profits and market share, not quality and reliablilty like WD. WD also take care of their employees.

Thanks for you opinion Super Dave!

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

bob_on_the_cob — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:04:27 GMT

Super Dave:

tanka12345:
So what do you guy's think....Western Digital or Seagate?

Since the Seagate drive in my laptop recently died I am a little down on Seagate at the moment. I like Western Digital drives a lot...and I have a lot of them! I even have an old Maxtor ATA133 drive that has served me well. And speaking of Maxtor, read what happened to them when they were purchased by Seagate in 2006 right HERE. I bet I know how those laid-off employees would answer your question, tanka12345!

Wow that sucks. Buy and dismantle the competition i guess.

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

Super Dave — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:11:56 GMT

tanka12345:
So what do you guy's think....Western Digital or Seagate?

Since the Seagate drive in my laptop recently died I am a little down on Seagate at the moment. I like Western Digital drives a lot...and I have a lot of them! I even have an old Maxtor ATA133 drive that has served me well. And speaking of Maxtor, read what happened to them when they were purchased by Seagate in 2006 right HERE. I bet I know how those laid-off employees would answer your question, tanka12345!

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

bob_on_the_cob — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:09:23 GMT

tanka12345:

Bob it's 3 against 1, I personally like WD even though I have a Seagate HDD right now. Maybe we'll have to beat some sense into you Bob...

And thanks for your input guys

Ha ha. I have a WD in my PC right now. The warranty thing has left a bad taste in my mouth considering I have recommended WD for there 5 year warranty.

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

tanka12345 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:26:24 GMT

Bob it's 3 against 1, I personally like WD even though I have a Seagate HDD right now. Maybe we'll have to beat some sense into you Bob...

And thanks for your input guys

Re: Western Digital or Seagate?

bob_on_the_cob — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:19:19 GMT

I'm going to vote seagate. Had a drive go bad under a year old that WD claims is out of it 5 year warranty.