yup that was right after the deathstar, i mean deskstar debacle. i believe it was up over 20% drive failure with the 40 and 60 GB IBM deskstar drives. I myself had 2 apple OEM deskstars fail within a month of recieving. sandor On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, jgvp wrote: > IBM sold their hard drive manufacturing operations to Hitachi some time > ago. > > On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 08:27 AM, Power Macintosh G4 List > wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 23:17:04 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [G4] External Firewire Hard Disk Case for IDE Drive > > From: Mark Singh <macfan at telus.net> > > Message-Id: <C3FDC94B-C89E-11D7-A61E-000A27E36AEE at telus.net> > > > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 03:33 PM, H F wrote: > > IBM's were really in vogue a few years ago, but have really suffered > > from all the reported failures of their large capacity drives. The > > Barracuda's are also super quiet. I'm using an 80 GB one that I'm quite > > happy with. > > > ---------- > G4ist, a listserv for discussion of everything G4. > FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/G4.html>. > Send a message to <G4-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the digest. > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $139.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html> > > Dr. Bott LLC 4-port USB Hub in translucent Graphite! > Dr. Bott LLC <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ghub.html> > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Canon Digital Cameras | > --Quicksilver & refurbished G4's arriving daily! | and Camcorders!! | > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! > Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com> > > OS X News, Dr.Mac, Forums, Tutorials, Tips, Hints, FAQ?s - http://www.osxfaq.com > >