[KLUG Members] Re: New machine - Linux hardware?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>>>hitechcafe.com and compgeeks.com always have a supply Fujitsu and
>>>>IBM drivers,  buy no other brands.  Nothing will ruin your day like a
>>>> flaked out drive (except flaked out memory).
>I'll definately backup that statement! I used to use Maxstor (boss
>request) and Western Digital. After I had a bunch of failed drives from
>BOTH companies (I've had them fail as soon as 4 months!) I bought a Fujitsu.
>Thanks to a power supply fan failure it overheated to the point it failed. I
>"Threw it" on the floor thinking it was dead. Two weeks later plugged it in 
>or kicks and it's STILL running today, ZERO problems. Didn't even have to 
>format it. I'm sold on Fujitsu drives! I've got a 30gb one now and it's 
>noticablly faster then the WD it replaced.

Just look at the warranty.  My four Fujitsu drives all have a ***5 YEAR***
guarantee.  Nobody else has ever offered something like that.  Interesting point
though,  when I checked, they did NOT offer that warranty on the IDE version of
the drive supposedly using the same physical unit,  and they were only $35
cheaper than my SCSI-UW drives.  HHHMMMMMMMMMMMmmmm......... 

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