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Seagate Technology To Acquire Maxtor Corporation

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Kitrax, Dec 21, 2005.

  1. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    [​IMG] Well...like all crappy companies, Maxtoris being bought out by it's better. :rolleyes:

    Good for Seagate! Hopefully this will put more preashure on Western Digital to up their waranty to 5 years.

    Read the full story at Seagate's news room.

    Personally, I love Seagate drives, and I hope this merger won't mess with their quallity. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Dec 21, 2005
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    Kitrax I have no problem with my Maxtor HDD. In fact it is backed by a 3 years warranty. Which is more than enough for me. By that time I hope to upgrade my system to SATA-II with Raid 5.
     
    Abdel - Bhaal Spawn, Dec 22, 2005
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  3. Chandos the Red

    Chandos the Red This Wheel's on Fire

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    I think Maxtor gets a bad rap. I've never had problems with one of their drives, and I have one of their 250GB drives running as my main drive atm. But I've had IBM, Seagate and WD drives fail on me in the past. IMO, I hope the merger doesn't hurt the performance of the Maxtor drives...which are really quite fast.
     
    Chandos the Red, Dec 23, 2005
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    The only Maxtor drive I've had fail was one that was about seven-years old and abused to the core. I've never had a problem with WD, there's no need for them to have a five-year warranty. The drive will last that long. I have had Seagate drives fail in the past, however.

    I own stock in Seagate, so here's to hoping that the price will go up!
     
    Rastor, Dec 23, 2005
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