NOT hot, Seagate changes warranty from 5y to 3y on OEM drives in '09

[Elixer]

Just a FYI for those that don't know yet, but in January, '09, Seagate OEM drives will have warranties lowered to 3 years.

Retail drives are still 5y.

So to make this topic 'hot', I guess you can say that you get a 'extra' 2y warranty (5y total) on OEM drives if purchased this month!


http://www.seagate.com/www/en-...oduct_warranty_matrix/

:disgust:



Sorry, but these sorts of threads are always locked. You can post this in OT if you wish.


esquared
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[CalvinHobbes]

Boo Seagate, booo!

 

[gevorg]

Q. Why are enterprise-class hard drives still receiving a 5-year warranty?

A. Based on available market data, the standard industry warranty for enterprise-class products is 5 years.

With the hard drive prices today, enterprise-class are quite affordable so I would go with them for long-term/archive storage.