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What has become of competition? First, Maxtor and now Western Digital? C'mon Seagate.

Although I can't really blame them. But I am totally against this possible deal.
 
WD is hardly competition for seagate. WD is tiny.

i'm not really sure what seagate would gain by this, though. not like they couldn't bring out 10,000 rpm sata drives if they wanted to.
 
I hate all the merging thats been going on lately. AMD + ATI..... Maxtor and WD.....

soon they're all going to be one massive company and the end consumer will be left in the dust
 
man, will DOJ approve this?


I still remember back in the days (1999) Seagate was like the last choice (for IDE) among all HDD makers. It was IBM, Quantum, WD, Maxtor (which is always hotly debated), and far down the chain will be Hitachi's and Seagate's. btw: I still have a 150mb Corner hdd 🙂
 
Originally posted by: andylawcc
man, will DOJ approve this?


I still remember back in the days (1999) Seagate was like the last choice (for IDE) among all HDD makers. It was IBM, Quantum, WD, Maxtor (which is always hotly debated), and far down the chain will be Hitachi's and Seagate's. btw: I still have a 150mb Corner hdd 🙂
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No way... the DeathStar 75XP were horrible. I had 2 of them fail on me. My 18GB UltraStar failed as well. I'm not suprised on but when IBM sold off their HDD to Hitachi.
 
Originally posted by: her209
No way... the DeathStar 75XP were horrible. I had 2 of them fail on me. My 18GB UltraStar failed as well. I'm not suprised on but when IBM sold off their HDD to Hitachi.
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yes yes, the infamous deathstar, but weren't they faster than the competitor? The deathstar got so famous because, well, it was so good that everyone bought it, and when it failed, everyone complained. At least that's the way I thought it was. I had one myself, and luckily it didn't die. I had a maxtor and WD died on me, I get to RMA the WD but not the maxtor.
 
I didn't care about Maxtor, since well, like many, i thought they sucked.

But WD? 🙁

I do hope not.

More competition is better, & IMO, WD was excellent competiton to Seagate.
 
Originally posted by: andylawcc
Originally posted by: her209
No way... the DeathStar 75XP were horrible. I had 2 of them fail on me. My 18GB UltraStar failed as well. I'm not suprised on but when IBM sold off their HDD to Hitachi.
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yes yes, the infamous deathstar, but weren't they faster than the competitor? The deathstar got so famous because, well, it was so good that everyone bought it, and when it failed, everyone complained. At least that's the way I thought it was. I had one myself, and luckily it didn't die. I had a maxtor and WD died on me, I get to RMA the WD but not the maxtor.
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I had a 60gxp and 75gxp; the former failed, but latter lasted for quite a while. I think I still have it lying around somewhere.
 
competition is coming from samsung/sandisk/flash drive makers who are starting to make 32gb drives for laptops.

yah they cost $900 right now but in a year or two they will probably be like $100.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
WD is hardly competition for seagate. WD is tiny.

i'm not really sure what seagate would gain by this, though. not like they couldn't bring out 10,000 rpm sata drives if they wanted to.
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whoa.. just checked the market cap of seagate.. it's bigger than AMD!
 
Originally posted by: andylawcc
Originally posted by: her209
No way... the DeathStar 75XP were horrible. I had 2 of them fail on me. My 18GB UltraStar failed as well. I'm not suprised on but when IBM sold off their HDD to Hitachi.
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yes yes, the infamous deathstar, but weren't they faster than the competitor? The deathstar got so famous because, well, it was so good that everyone bought it, and when it failed, everyone complained. At least that's the way I thought it was. I had one myself, and luckily it didn't die. I had a maxtor and WD died on me, I get to RMA the WD but not the maxtor.
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LOL ya I remember those damn HDD's. There were a bunch on hotdeals, and I kid you not, EVERYONE I KNEW who had those deathstar 30-75XP's died on them.


I have mixed feelings about this merger. OK, so I donno the full details, but initial thought is, what about competition?
 
Hey maybe Raptors will finally be SATA 3.0 and have the proper kind of power connector. (only one kind) hehehe
 
Wow, WD's been around forever and makes some of the best consumer drives on the marked IMO.

I've had 2 Seagates die on me but never a WD.
 
Originally posted by: raildogg
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What has become of competition? First, Maxtor and now Western Digital? C'mon Seagate.

Although I can't really blame them. But I am totally against this possible deal.
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Competition is good for innovation, but its bad for profits.

With this whole recent emphasis on more profits, lower quality is in abundance.
I suspect your going to see a whole lot of mergers coming forth again.
 
Originally posted by: andylawcc
man, will DOJ approve this?


I still remember back in the days (1999) Seagate was like the last choice (for IDE) among all HDD makers. It was IBM, Quantum, WD, Maxtor (which is always hotly debated), and far down the chain will be Hitachi's and Seagate's. btw: I still have a 150mb Corner hdd 🙂
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Yep. When Seagate first came out they were known for selling drives very cheap but the quality was sometimes questioned. But they just kept plugging along and all of a sudden they were the #1 HDD maker in the world. I've always used their drives and with the 5 year warranty standard, I will never use anyone else's.
 
In my years in IT. I have had the highest failure rate with Maxtors. WD's have done me very well and that's what I buy when I have the choice.

 
Originally posted by: n7
I didn't care about Maxtor, since well, like many, i thought they sucked.

But WD? 🙁

I do hope not.

More competition is better, & IMO, WD was excellent competiton to Seagate.
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My exact thoughts.
 
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