Re: [Thinkpad] NEW HITACHI 7200RPM 60 Gig Drive

             
A colleague and neighbor, who works as a computer tech in a local
retail computer store [under-employed in CA], advises me that
they've stopped carrying/installing IBM/Hitachi desktop drives
because of a high return rate. Their experience is that since the
Hitachi takeover, legendary IBM quality control has gone away.
They've switched to WD (but do NOT sell/service laptops).
  
I hope this is not the case with laptop drives.
  
Best/worst [www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm] has not been
updated in quite a while; I have no other points of reference,
         
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On 1/22/04, Ray Bayles wrote, in part:
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] NEW HITACHI 7200RPM 60 Gig Drive
>
>www.zipzoomfly.com has the new Hitachi Travelstar 7200 ATA-6 drive
>for $245 with three year manufacturer warranty...
>with free second day shipping. Item #100519
>
>There is a review in www.tomshardware.com which is helpful.
>
>I have no connection with zipzoomfly, but have purchased from
>them a number of times. They are the former www.googlegear.com
>
>The one we bought for my client was as quiet as any drive I have tested.
>Ray
>
>SBB wrote:
>> If anyone is interested in a NEW 60gig 7200 RPM Drive,
>> I located a new one on eBay for a great price of $239 +$10 shipping.
>> Model number #MODEL#HTS726060M9AT00..... [eBay] #3454859637....
       

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