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From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> Grand Prix drives are admittedly bad. Especially those full-height 4.3GB 
> 100W ovens! As a vendor, we have a slang part number for the Seagate 
> Barracudas: The Seagate Boomerang. We always seem to see them again after 
> we ship them out to our customers! (usually within 2 months)

This is because most customers are too stupid to mount the 'cuda 
properly.  If you read the documentation, and cool them as they 
require, they were and are one of the most reliable 7200rpm disks 
around.  They were also the first by a long shot; something worth 
bearing in mind before carping about them.

mike