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Originally posted by: ZYFER
Believe me I have Seagate, WD, Maxtor, Quantum, IBM, Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba, and Fujitsu drives all currently in operation. To me, the five year warranty is a plus as the Seagate drives I have just operate better, less heat, and have yet to fail once. I don't think you should have to pay for an additional warranty from a manufacturer. That just tells you that they don't have much faith in their own products.
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Just because Seagate has a 5 year warranty doesn't mean that the drive is better. On multiple systems, with all the drives manufacturers you mentioned, they have all failed at one point or another, and it is around 1% of each other in failure rates.

Now that Seagate bought out Maxtor & Quantum, and most likely WD will get gobbled up by Hitachi, the players are going to get smaller, then it will be time to break out the lube. :shocked:

 
They all fail eventually. What you should really think about is the RMA process and which is better. Seagate's is horrid!! WD and Maxtor is supreme with no charge at all for an advance replacement. Seagte wants to charge $25 for an advance replacement!!! LOL
 
Elixer: read everything before you comment.

Did I say a drive was better because of a 5 year warranty? No. I did say it was a plus, and lets face it, certainly is one. As I deal with alot of systems quite often, Seagate has had the lowest failure rate, with Western Digital being at the top of the list for highest failure rate. Sure there is alot that can make that happen, and there will always be different circumstances involved.

It might just be a good thing Seagate bought Maxtor, Hitachi acquired IBM's hard drive division and have done a good job with it, even taking care of things IBM did not.

Also, having to deal with Seagate RMA, for advanced replacement, I have yet to get charged anything, They will ask for your credit card information though and check it, but all will do that.
 
Page says $199.99 for me.

After it asks for my zip code it tells me that it's not available for shipment to my area in North East US.
 
Originally posted by: macaddict
They all fail eventually. What you should really think about is the RMA process and which is better. Seagate's is horrid!! WD and Maxtor is supreme with no charge at all for an advance replacement. Seagte wants to charge $25 for an advance replacement!!! LOL
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I did not do an advance replacement, but Seagate certainly did right by me. I sent in a busted 160 GB HD and they replaced it with a 200 GB one. I did have to pay shipping, but gaining forty gigs for $6 is worth it.

 
Originally posted by: ParatoOptimal
Page says $199.99 for me.

After it asks for my zip code it tells me that it's not available for shipment to my area in North East US.
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Pretty sure offer was valid until 5/27. OP should probably lock this now.
 
"Just because Seagate has a 5 year warranty doesn't mean that the drive is better."

these products like toshiba laptops and playstation 2 with 90 day warranties have sure proven to be mighty cruddy
 
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