[Thinkpad] Hitachi drive difference?

[Anthony R. Gold]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:52:12 -0500, you wrote:

> Nope. IBM/Hitachi drives are deathstars. And they traditoinally die without
> any warning at all.

It was just the 75GXP DeskStar, and I'm sure if there was any type fault
with any other drive the lawyers would have added them to the law suit.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/23/ibm_hit_with_hard_drive/
http://www.ibmdeskstar75gxplitigation.com/

As an aside, I really don't care much about warranties with drives, I care
about reliability and I don't know of a strong correlation between the
two.  A reliable drive keeps my data safe.  A warranty claim gets me a
replacement empty drive of no better quality than the one which failed.
If I sold drives and not used them I might feel differently about this.

Tony