MAXTOR BUYS QUANTUM!!!

[Toolman]

I'm disappointed by this news! What does Maxtor have to add to, or benefit Quantum's high end SCSI stuff??

I have had absolutely no trouble with my Quantums, both SCSI and/or IDE and was planning on buying Quantum 10K IIs in the near future. Might just play the wait and see game now to find out if Maxtor lowers Quantum's quality.

 

[arthurb1]

If you want a 10KII, but it now, before Maxtor screws up the production, then again it may be allright, and Maxtor quality will only show up in the products that they engineer.

 

[LXi]

<<before Maxtor screws up the production>>

Just tell me, why would they screw it up? How can you tell that they will surely screw up instead of making the situation better?

 

[LXi]

Does everyone here realize that it's a merge and not an aquisition?

 

[arthurb1]

My problem is simple. I have had problems with Maxtors. Here on this board, I only hear that Maxtor bought Quantum, not merged with. Like I said, if Quantum holds on to their SCSI engineering team, I will stick with their drives, otherwise, probably not.

 

[LXi]

<<Here on this board, I only hear that Maxtor bought Quantum>>

Do you just go by whatever people said? Or do you go by the reality? Because the people are spreading false information, they interpret a MERGE as an aquisition, but in fact they're two completely different things. Check my links to the story and press release and BOTH mentioned the deal as a merge and not an aquisition. And the thing is, Maxtor does not have SCSI division, so the Quantum SCSI division will most likely stay the way it is w/o any influence due to the lack of SCSI tech from Maxtor.

 

[Remedy]

Well on the front cover of of this page, this is probably what set this whole debate off...

 

[urbantechie]

Quantums are the best right behind IBM...Maxtor is just way out there....

 

[LXi]

ReMeDy{WcS}:

FiringSquad is being misleading, go read Maxtor's press release and it'll say merge, not aquisition.

 

[LXi]

urbantechie: Not anymore, not anymore.

 

[Ben]

It's all good.

I wouldn't buy either brand so who cares.

 

[arthurb1]

I hadn't seen many links until yesterday, after I had things to do.

 

[Soccerman]

oh really? would you so kindly point to a review that shows Maxtor drives being anywhere near the access time of Quantums? transfer rate? sure, they're pretty good there, but they need to work hard to get good access time. IBM also had great transfer rate, but wasn't quite as good as the Quantum LM access time wise.

oh and I personally will not accept anything else except Storage Review, becuase they seem to have the most consistant results.

 

[Leo V]

Quantum and Maxtor are my favorite HDD makers (I've owned 3 Quantums, all of which broke IDE speed records; and I love my 60GB ultra-quiet Maxtor).

However, I'm reserved about another giant corporate merger. If it saves Quantum's existence, good, but competition may be hurt in the long run. Time will tell.

 

[SSP]

I hope I still have warranty on my Quantum.

 

[Sir Fredrick]

Quantum drives are awesome, haven't had any good experiences with Maxtor...haven't even heard many good things about them. Guess I'll probably be back to IBM's. Should be a while before I get another drive tho, my Atlas 10K is holding up well

 

[DeathroweR]

I've only had bad experience with Maxtor: one drive just died (controller); one had a accurator failure; another developed bad sectors within 3 months.
I never seen a Quantum go bad.

About the merger: I regret it as I have no idea what HDD to buy (or to recommend) now. What I think is that Quantum got rid of HDD to concentrate on solid-state drives, which are the future.

 

[LXi]

Soccerman: Maxtors dont have the best seek times, nor the transfer rates. But in many of the SR reviews it has been shown that Maxtor can do very decent seek times and very good transfer rates as well, kind of of a balance of Quantum's ultra seek times and IBM's super transfer rates. But you'd have to keep in mind that they're the cheapest of the three brands, and they run very quiet and cool. Not to mention that many of Maxtor's recent hard drive products have won SR's &quot;Safe Buy&quot; award. I wouldnt consider them a crappy company compare to Quantum and IBM.

 

[StanTheMan]

Maxtor sucks, Quantum rocks!!!
~fuck~ maxtor, viva quantum

 

[Shudder]

All hard drives suck because they're mechanical.

They break because they move. End of story. If there is a brand that has never had a SINGLE drive eventually die, I'd like to know about it.

 

[ragiepew]

<< Maxtor Corporation is arguably the most prolific manufacturer of ATA drives. They've been at the forefront over the last two years in technologies such as the fastest spindle speeds, highest areal densities, or just plain largest drives. One only needs to look at the DiamondMax 80 to witness such leadership in action. Aside from IBM's Deskstar 40GV, the DM80 is the only drive currently shipping that features 20 GB/platter. And even IBM's drive can't match Maxtor's incredible 80 gigs of capacity. It seems Maxtor's position at the cutting edge can only strengthen after the company recently announced its intentions to acquire Quantum's hard disk division. >>



Since many of you like SR... there is a quote from their latest (as of Oct. 5) HDD review... a Maxtor.

btw: I love my maxtor drives... no probs here..

 

[Soccerman]

there's a difference between CAN'T and WON'T.

size? who cares about size (not me). give me a 10 gig drive right now, and I'll feel like I've got the world to myself compared to my drive (I'm running on a 4.3 gig Fujitsu 5400RPM HD).

I even have a FAMILY who uses this computer and they install lots of things.

for me, it's speed that matters. the smallest new HD I can get now a days is 15 gigs. unless I go SCSI (which I PROBABLY won't becuase I'm not rich).

BALANCE of access time and transfer rate? who needs a &quot;balance&quot;? you want the best? GET the best. IBM or former Quantum. IBM for pure transfer rates, Quantum for your OS (becuase it has low access times).

 

[LXi]

No point in talking to a Maxtor hater who will never have faith in their product, seriously, are the numbers all you look at? Have you ever owned one of the recent Maxtor hard drives?

Oh nevermind, I dont enjoy wasting Maxtor haters' time.

 

[Soccerman]

I do not HATE maxtor. in fact I think I bought a maxtor 6.4 gig drive for my sister's computer a while ago. my point is, size does NOT matter to me (and many others too, who don't fill their computer with MP3's, Movies, useless shareware from the net etc). it's the speed that matters the most to me, becuase the HD is one of the slowest components of the computer (aside from the CDROM..)

 

[LXi]

Let's say you're given three identical configured machines, each w/ those three respective brand's currently fastest 7200rpm hdd. I doubt you have the ability to tell which is slower, which is faster, which has faster access time, faster transfer rate and so on just by using it, play games with it, loading Q3A maps, levels whatsoever.

Edit I yea, I forgot to mention that Internet connection is by far the slowest component.