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Mookamoo

Mar 14, 2007, 10:20 AM

I've had a long running argument with a PC owning friend who calls Mac 'Betamax'. Thought it was quite funny but harmless until my 6 week old MacPro had a total S.M.A.R.T hard disk failure and now a look a tad foolish.

Very poor.

edesignuk

Mar 14, 2007, 10:23 AM

Hard drives fail, such is life. Doesn't matter what machine it's insalled in.

someguy

Mar 14, 2007, 10:35 AM

Macs are teh suxx0r, teh hdz dun even last 6 WEEKZ!!!111 LAWL!!11~!! MS FTW! :rolleyes:

Your hard drive has little to do with Apple, yet they'll still likely cover the cost of repairing it.

bartelby

Mar 14, 2007, 10:35 AM

Why do people blame Apple for Toshiba's (and other HD manufacturer) failures?

Multimedia

Mar 14, 2007, 10:42 AM

It's no biggie. Hard drives fail all the time. Just call AppleCare and they will replace it no problem. All I have to do is call Seagate and they will send me a new one. Seagate HDs have a 5 year replacement warranty. :)

trainguy77

Mar 14, 2007, 07:15 PM

I find this funny how the hard drives are no different the PCs and people blame it on apple.:D

nazmac21

Mar 14, 2007, 07:17 PM

What harddrive did you have (manufacturer of the harddrive and specs)?

trainguy77

Mar 14, 2007, 07:33 PM

What harddrive did you have (manufacturer of the harddrive and specs)?

Its probably a 7200.10 barracuda? I think thats what the 250gb stock are...but he might not have stock.

Catfish_Man

Mar 14, 2007, 07:58 PM

Its probably a 7200.10 barracuda? I think thats what the 250gb stock are...but he might not have stock.

It varies quite a bit; I've seen the same model machine using different model hard drives.

trainguy77

Mar 14, 2007, 08:35 PM

It varies quite a bit; I've seen the same model machine using different model hard drives.

Well from what i have heard the 250gb is either a WD or the 7200.10 the 7200.10 is the more recent models i think.....But its true that it could be either of those two for the 250gb. The 160gb drive is always a 7200.10 or 7200.9 can't remember which.

Mookamoo

Mar 19, 2007, 05:50 AM

I find this funny how the hard drives are no different the PCs and people blame it on apple.:D

I didn't blame it on Apple although that is taking some doing taking into account the exact same thing happen with my mothers iMac 6 months ago.

As for talking to the turnips at AppleCrap I'll save the 40 quid cost a new hard drive by not calling them. The hassle I had getting the iMac sorted was ridiculous. Before they wanted to swap the HD out they got me to re-install the OS and then blamed it on Adobe and wanted me to call their help desk.

Macs are good, but the day I blindly defend them against the PC posse has now gone for good.

Mookamoo

Mar 19, 2007, 05:52 AM

What harddrive did you have (manufacturer of the harddrive and specs)?

It was a Western Digital 250gb (WD2500JS).

iJawn108

Mar 19, 2007, 12:44 PM

WD's tend to... suck sorry to say.

Jiddick ExRex

Mar 19, 2007, 01:38 PM

[subjective alert]WD's tend to... suck sorry to say.[\subjective alert]

It's like religion. Some swear to WD, some to Seagate. I swear to WD and has yet to experience any disk failures...

Edge100

Mar 19, 2007, 02:04 PM

It's like religion. Some swear to WD, some to Seagate. I swear to WD and has yet to experience any disk failures...

Agreed.

Of course, unlike religion, you can test this assertion, and not base your opinion on non-empirical anecdote.

For what it's worth, I've never had issues with Maxtor drives.

someguy

Mar 19, 2007, 02:14 PM

It's like religion. Some swear to WD, some to Seagate. I swear to WD and has yet to experience any disk failures...
Every PC I've ever custom built (which was many), I used a Western Digital drive and never had a single HD issue with any of them. This isn't to say that WD are perfect, or even that they are better than their competitors.

I personally believe they are all about the same in terms of reliability, but that's just my opinion.

slughead

Mar 20, 2007, 09:49 AM