From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 24 15:44:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA22181 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:44:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hp.com (hp.com [15.255.152.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA22176 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:44:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com by hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA084968272; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:44:32 -0700 Received: from hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA006148271; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:44:31 -0700 Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA074368270; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:44:30 -0700 Message-Id: <199607242244.AA074368270@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com Cc: Thomas J Balfe , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Micropolis, again In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:21:17 PST." <9606248382.AA838236473@ccgate.infoworld.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:44:30 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > My ~messages is pretty full of this, and Micropolis is full of that, I > > will never buy anything from them again. I'm having the reseller replace > > that drive with a Quantum of the same capacity. > > Careful. Quantum was just bought by Seagate. When did this happen? Are you sure you're not thinking about Connor? Anyway, Quantum Atlas and Fireball drives seem to be pretty good. I've got both, and I'm quite happy with them. The Atlas is nice, fast, and expensive, and the Fireball is cheap and somewhat fast (sequential reads are a respectable ~4-4.5MB/sec, sustained, although seek times are a bit lacking). I'd stay away from Empire and, maybe, Capella drives. Anyway, when buying a drive, I believe that the reseller/vendor is just as important as the drive manufacturer. -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.