Maxtor drives

have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.

Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
now that Seagate has bought them.

Ryan

Don't hold your breath..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>
> Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
> now that Seagate has bought them.

And I thought my kids said some really stupid stuff. You take the cake,
Buckwheat.

--
Jonny
"Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>
> Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
> now that Seagate has bought them.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:26:01 -0800, "Ryan"
<Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>
>Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
>now that Seagate has bought them.

By that logic, you can now also buy a IBM Deathstar in confidence because
Hitachi bought them, right? Wrong.
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Mike,

Hitachi does not compare to Seagate. So, your point is invalid.

"Michael Cecil" wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:26:01 -0800, "Ryan"
> <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
> >
> >Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
> >now that Seagate has bought them.
>
> By that logic, you can now also buy a IBM Deathstar in confidence because
> Hitachi bought them, right? Wrong.
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
>

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:49:02 -0800, "Ryan"
<Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>"Michael Cecil" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:26:01 -0800, "Ryan"
>> <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>> >
>> >Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
>> >now that Seagate has bought them.
>>
>> By that logic, you can now also buy a IBM Deathstar in confidence because
>> Hitachi bought them, right? Wrong.
>
>Mike,
>
>Hitachi does not compare to Seagate. So, your point is invalid.

My point is that shoddy hardware sold by a company that cannot compete
does not magically become worthy of purchase because the company changes
hands.
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

"Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>
> Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
> now that Seagate has bought them.

Lets just hope that Seagate does not let its drives degenerate to the level
of Maxtors.
Maxtors have always sucked...overpriced, hot and they die early deaths due
to poor quality components.

On the other hand, I have a Seagate that came in a Compaq I bought back in
1987. The drive still works today, and has been used just about
continuously since the day it was bought. every Maxtor I have ever owned
have died within 12 to 18 months.

Bobby

Hi, been purchasing Maxtor drivers for years. Currently maintain around
around 150 PC's with them in, only had one failure to date. What's your
problem?
ChrisC
"Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Mike,
>
> Hitachi does not compare to Seagate. So, your point is invalid.
>
> "Michael Cecil" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:26:01 -0800, "Ryan"
>> <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>> >
>> >Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in
>> >confidence
>> >now that Seagate has bought them.
>>
>> By that logic, you can now also buy a IBM Deathstar in confidence because
>> Hitachi bought them, right? Wrong.
>> --
>> Michael Cecil
>> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
>> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
>>

And how do you make the leap of logic that a change in the listed owner
somehow changes the current drive design and factory output quality?

Ryan wrote:

> have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>
> Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in confidence
> now that Seagate has bought them.

Hi mike, ok then we beg to difer, you can visit any forum you care to name
and you'll see bad things written about any product, nature of forums.
I've also got four in my own PC, two DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 160g's and two
MaxlineIII 250g's, just installed. I've also worked for a local PC company
that was a Microsoft Certified Partner, as a technicion, and I don't recall
any Maxtors failing, plenty of Samsongs' and IBM's. Another myth, it seems,
is that Maxtors are expensive, however here
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Maxtor2.html and here
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Samsung.html indicate that there is
no difference.
ChrisC

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Chris
>
> Out of six, I have had four fail within a year.. one lasted only three
> days.. a visit to a forum re. Maxtor drives showed that I was not alone by
> a substantial margin..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "ChrisC" <cuke2u(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:efcwAtvBGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, been purchasing Maxtor drivers for years. Currently maintain around
>> around 150 PC's with them in, only had one failure to date. What's your
>> problem?
>> ChrisC
>> "Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:330FC5ED-50FD-4FF2-9CAE-FE70618C3268@microsoft.com...
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> Hitachi does not compare to Seagate. So, your point is invalid.
>>>
>>> "Michael Cecil" wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:26:01 -0800, "Ryan"
>>>> <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>>>> >
>>>> >Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in
>>>> >confidence
>>>> >now that Seagate has bought them.
>>>>
>>>> By that logic, you can now also buy a IBM Deathstar in confidence
>>>> because
>>>> Hitachi bought them, right? Wrong.
>>>> --
>>>> Michael Cecil
>>>> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
>>>> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>