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http://seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/newsroo ... 24,00.html

Crap, and things were going so well for Seagate too. I could just look for those little green semi-circles and I'd know I would be getting a quality product. Now I'm probably gonna have to check the serial number label to see if it's really from Seagate or if it was from Maxtor, if they're even going to differentiate them that is.

I have to say im not crazy about this... I really like Seagate and I really like Maxtor. But more than anything i like competition. With western digital, Maxtor, Seagate, and Hitachi i have lots of options, now i have fewer.... overall i find that a bad thing as a consumer.

Kerii wrote:http://seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/newsroo ... 24,00.html

Crap, and things were going so well for Seagate too. I could just look for those little green semi-circles and I'd know I would be getting a quality product. Now I'm probably gonna have to check the serial number label to see if it's really from Seagate or if it was from Maxtor, if they're even going to differentiate them that is.

You don't read the news?
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/1574/

well i dident i spend most of my time on the forum and only check the front page when there is a new article up

LOL

infinitevalence wrote:well i dident i spend most of my time on the forum and only check the front page when there is a new article up

hes like me and lot of the other people, WE LIKE THE CLIFFS!!!

LAZY?!?! HECK YA!! lol

Wait... you mean to tell me LR has a news section?

Kerii wrote:Wait... you mean to tell me LR has a news section?

yup

LR News ;)

Kerii wrote:Wait... you mean to tell me LR has a news section?

LOL

Kerii wrote:Wait... you mean to tell me LR has a news section?

PWNT, I always read the forum jumpbox when I sign up, so I see stuff likethat. I have to agree, the reduced competition has me a little scared. I don't want two choices for processors, two for GFX, and two for HDD....that would suck. Watch prices fly up. Quality doesn't necessarily go down (nV vs. ATI, but both company's cards do fairly well, nV is ahead right now) but prices sure go up!

Great! Just the thing we needed to add to our HDD woes! I had made it a rule to steer clear of Maxtor but now maxtor inventory will probably be rebadged as Seagate! ARRGGHH!!!!!!

Its a little disturbing don't you think. All the mergers and such, I always hoped it wouldn't happen to the computer industry. Guess I was wrong.

I have two Maxtor Diamond Fireball 7200 60GB in Raid0 and they run without a problem! The pc is now 6 years old, and its been on for at least half that time... (i leave it on day and night most weeks).

Pretty happy with them, but I guess they were the top range maxtor drives back then.

I hate when these kind of mergers occur... less options and competition Anyone remember Quantum? :D

I've been out of the PC circle for a bit now, what HDD options do we have these days? Seagate, WD?

Yapa

chakhay2000 wrote:Great! Just the thing we needed to add to our HDD woes! I had made it a rule to steer clear of Maxtor but now maxtor inventory will probably be rebadged as Seagate! ARRGGHH!!!!!!

yeah too many horror stories about them just goin to crap. I have not willingly used a maxtor or even a Western Digital. I used to use IBM drives untill they were bought by Hitachi. Since then it has been segate all the way...

and the wheel keeps on turning.

Hitachi makes some of the best drives I have ever used. IBM screwed up with the "DeathStar" Deskstar series. Nothing wrong with them. They are cheap and high quality. been using Hitachi in all my builds for three years (almost 100 systems and no issues)

Glad I just bought my Seagate 320gig sata3.0 HD before they got maxtor. At least I don't have to worry about whether my HD is a rebadged maxtor or not.

They aren't rebadging maxtor. Maxtor drives are being used as low end Seagates. if you buy high end your fine.

dicecca112 wrote:They aren't rebadging maxtor. Maxtor drives are being used as low end Seagates. if you buy high end your fine.

Well, I'm batting 1 dead Maxtor and two dead Seagates since 1993. The most recent was a Seagate 1.2Gb drive a few months back.

Of course I don't blame Seagate nor Maxtor for the drive failures at all. They were well beyond warranty and were pulled out from a few well used computers.

I got a 10Gb Maxtor now that is running just fine. It's an older drive, but it's working well. I've run software to test the drive and to check for symptoms if the drive was showing any problems. So far it looks very dependable.

Dice, I had a WD 40Gb model die on me two years ago with about three months after the warranty expired. Was I really bummed. The drive gave no sign of abrupt failure that had happened. Then, after reading some forums, I found out that WD had a few levels of HDD's. Just stay away from the 1-yr warranty WD's. They are throw always and low ended system builders use them. So, I did replace that WD 40Gb with a WD 80Gb with a three warranty. It's humming along very well too.

Im sure that the market competition has forced these guys to make the product a bit more dependable. There are only so many people that live under a rock and dont read reviews/forums that buy just because they heard someone say the name a while back. I just have stayed away from them because i have done data recovery and it is a LONG PROCESS

I'm a big hitachi fan also. I've never had good luck with maxtor drives, they have always died faster than others and been way noisier. I also agree that we need to not get rid of the competition though.