Re: DO NOT BUY Western Digital "Green" Drives (also present in WD "Elements" external USB cases)

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 09/04/2011 03:41 AM, shawn wilson wrote:

On Sep 4, 2011 3:23 AM, "Miles Bader" <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com> writes:
> > just guess ...  might be wrong, might lots of people coming for WD,
> > so the stores only sold WD.
>
> Dunno, but I've had extremely good experiences with WD drives in the
> past, so I'd definitely favor them when I buy a new one...

I have absolutely no oppinion. I was merely pointing out that the OP was presenting his oppinion as fact and I thought that pretty messed up.

Grented, due to the inciteful the subject was, I'm sure this thread will keep going for at least a week and most of us will remember something bad about WD the next time we go buy a disc. Oh well. The OP probably  got his wish :)

It's been a few years since I retired, but I remember the IT guys replacing a _lot_ of Western Digital drives.  I guess the
company bought them because they were cheaper, but I don't think they saved any money.  For my own use, I have been using Seagate and
Hitachi, and have had no trouble in quite some time.  Obviously, YMMV, but what I saw sould not encourage me to buy WD.

--doug

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