RE: OT: Maxtor 120Gb disks at Scan

["Gerard McGovern" <stuff@xxxxxxx>]

> > > Just in case anyone else is looking for 120Gb hard disks, > Scan have
> > > them on their todayonly page for =A395.49 + VAT which is > the cheapest
> > > I have seen them. I actually emailed scan yesterday asking > > for these
> > > disks to be put on todayonly!
> >
> > dabs.com have IBM Deskstar 123.5GB drives for =A3104 + VAT ... > > and you have the added joy of not having to order from Scan
> > who are one of the worst companies I've ever had to deal with. >
> But then again it's an IBM Deskstar which have acknowledged
> reliability problems after a couple of years ... In fact I
> doubt that Graham would ever buy an IBM Deskstar again after
> having a couple fail in one of his servers last year and I'll
> never touch them again after having what seem like endless
> problems with the IBM drive I installed in my lappy.

Maybe I've been very lucky then because I wouldn't buy anything but an
IBM for IDE drives. Currently running 4 x 123.5 GB Deskstar drives and a 48 GB Travelstar drive.

Either way, I'd rather chew off my own arm then order from Scam.

G

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