[CUBE] Hitachi hard drives

[Randy Spencer]

Perhaps Hitachi drives are bad, but they are CHEAP.  I just picked up a 180
gig drive at Fry's for $69 after rebate...  That's less than fitty cent a
gigabyte.

  -Randy

--- Eagle <eagle243 at mac.com> wrote:
> Greetings, all.
> 
> I know many of you have researched replacement hard drives for your 
> Cubes.  Well, as you know I have a new iMac that replaced my Cube.  
> Now, this iMac has a Hitachi drive in it (specifically a 
> HDS722580-VLAT20), and apparently these Hitachi/IBM DeskStar drives 
> have this REALLY annoying, uh, "feature" which is supposed to prolong 
> the life of the drive.  If anything, it's going to limit the life of my 
> COMPUTER because I'm going to pound it into the ground.
> 
> So, a word of warning: if you want quiet operation, STAY AWAY from 
> these IBM/Hitachi DeskStar drives.
> 
> Now: assuming Apple will not replace my unit, what replacement hard 
> drives have you guys found to be suitable, QUIET replacement drives?  
> This one is an Ultra ATA/100 @ 7200 rpm, so I would like to stick with 
> something along those lines.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Eagle
> 
> 
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