From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 2 10:25:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA23948 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 10:25:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA23924 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com by lserver.infoworld.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #12) id m0ubAhi-000wzkC; Tue, 2 Jul 96 12:01 PDT Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.infoworld.com id AA836328152; Tue, 02 Jul 96 10:57:04 PST Date: Tue, 02 Jul 96 10:57:04 PST From: "Brett Glass" Message-Id: <9606028363.AA836328152@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: Thomas J Balfe , jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Micropolis Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I don't think it was a heat problem, I think it's a quality control > problem on the part of Micropolis. (read: junk). These days, hard drive manufacturers are FORCED to produce junk, because unknowledgeable consumers don't understand what a hard drive is -- much less how to judge its quality. All they know is that they want a low price. Maxtor has suffered of late because it tried to produce high-quality drives. OEMs wouldn't buy them because they cost a tiny bit more.