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    Seagate to slash Maxtor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by coriolis, Jun 1, 2006.

  1. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Seagate aquired Maxtor a few months back, IIRC, and now it looks like they are having Maxtor stop production on ALL Hard Drives, with the exception of two hard drives.

    http://www.crncanada.ca/content/storage/seagate-to-halve-maxtor-s.shtml
     
    coriolis, Jun 1, 2006
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    About time. Maxtor drives aren't that good anyway.

    Didn't maxtor take over quantum a few years ago. That's interesting the death of 2 companies with one blow :D gotta love the business end of the tech world
     
    qwester, Jun 1, 2006
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  3. ttupa

    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    What a massive layoff!

    Oh well, doesn't affect me at this point. :)
     
    ttupa, Jun 1, 2006
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    Jesusfrk611 Notebook Consultant

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    Maxtor and quantum aren't that great of hard drives anyway. I have 3 quantums, 1 dead, 1 dieing, 1 almost died but came back to life. 2 Maxtor, 1 dead, 1 fine (last time I checked).
     
    Jesusfrk611, Jun 1, 2006
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  5. tianx

    tianx Notebook Geek

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    Hmmm strange :p

    Ive had around 6 or 7 seagates die on my in the past 4 years, and only 2 dead maxtor drives... I was always under the impression that maxtor was better than seagate... lol

    But then... hey... now we got less choices... wooptiedoo
     
    tianx, Jun 1, 2006
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    I haven't had a seagate die yet, and I only have older seagates.
     
    Jesusfrk611, Jun 2, 2006
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