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wow...seagate bought maxtor
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:30 pm
by b-man1
http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/seag ... 2-billion/
hopefully seagate extends its warranty coverage to all maxtor drives...that would be nice.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:33 pm
by DaMaN
that is good news, Western digital watch out.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:41 pm
by Executioner
That is good news. I used to buy Maxtors, but not since they offered only a 12 month warranty. When I built my rig last year, I switched to Seagate with their 5 yr warranty. Both 120 gig drives work great and I never had an issue with them.
The only downside to this: less choices for consumers which might lead to price increases? Personally, I rather spend a few extra bucks and get a quality built drive. That is why I still use SCSI to this day. I never had a SCSI drive fail on me, but IDE is a different story. Can't comment on SATA since I don't use them.
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:00 am
by FlyingPenguin
Heh, here's a great headline from FARK:
Seagate to buy Maxtor for $1.9B after instant rebate, mail-in rebate and $15M off $75M coupon
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:50 am
by DoPeY5007
Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Heh, here's a great headline from FARK:
That is Great!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:20 pm
by ZYFER
Seagate always has done good by me, never had a drive of theirs fail yet, with other manufacturers, its another story.