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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: favorite ATA/SATA hard disk brand?
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Robert Huff wrote:

>Alex Zbyslaw writes:
>
>  
>
>> IBM discovered this to their cost when one of their Deskstar
>> models turned out to be scrap disguised as a disk, and got a
>> Class action lawsuit in return.  Then they sold the Deskstar line
>> to Hitachi :-)
>>    
>>
>
>	Did they only sell the Deskstar line?  I heard it was the
>entire disk drive operation, and I have had excellent results with
>their SCSI products.
>  
>
I'm sure they did sell everything, but it wouldn't have had the same 
dramatic effect to say that :-)  IMHO, the duff deskstar was an anomaly 
and it certainly wouldn't (and hasn't!) put me off buying Hitachi.

--Alex