Date: Tue, 02 Jul 96 10:57:04 PST From: "Brett Glass" <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: Thomas J Balfe <tbalfe@tioga.com>, jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Micropolis Message-ID: <9606028363.AA836328152@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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> 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.
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