[X4U] Re: Lifespan of Harddrives? (a bit off-topic)

[nk]

to me, that sounds like MAJOR grounds for a class-action suit on the  
grounds of false advertising.

Imagine if airplanes were sold on the idea that wings fail only once  
every 10 years.

there'd be a lot of charred dead bodies laying around.

this is definitely in my craw! I pay hard-earned money for these  
drives, which are advertised as having a vastly longer life than in  
reality.
when one fails, manufacturers are often cool and snarky about their  
level of responsibity (or lack thereof).

snarky vendors don't get my work done.

There is one solution for a Mac user for now: buy from a re-seller  
who offers a return policy, such as Costco.

Then, if your 150-year drive pukes after 8 months, it's the  
manufacturer who suffers the $ loss on the gear, not you.


nk







On Feb 17, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Bill Bauldry wrote:

> But - I know how the MTBF figures are calculated - and they are  
> wrong. It's
> an improper application of "statistical independence" that gives  
> the silly
> figures. Think of it this way: if the mean life of a computer is 5  
> years and
> the MTBF of a hard drive is 160 years, it should be such an  
> incredibly rare
> event for a hard drive to fail that Norton, Alsoft, Prosoft,  
> Micromat, etc.,
> would never have gone into the business. Manufacturer's claims
> notwithstanding, a Google search gives over 2.3 million hits for  
> "hard drive
> repair."

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