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RE: [opensuse] backup
- From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:29:15 +0200
- Message-id: <h39m1b$r1f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
James George wrote:
No, they make them exactly like they _want_ to.
Manufacturers have become increasingly good at making drives (and other
stuff) that will last exactly 3 years or whatever the warranty period
is. Over the last 5-6 years I must have bought 16-20 harddrives of
size 40G and up - those have all died, whereas older drives size<10Gb
are still holding up just fine.
/Per
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Agreed. I guess the bottom line is that they just don't make 'em like
they used to...
--James
No, they make them exactly like they _want_ to.
Manufacturers have become increasingly good at making drives (and other
stuff) that will last exactly 3 years or whatever the warranty period
is. Over the last 5-6 years I must have bought 16-20 harddrives of
size 40G and up - those have all died, whereas older drives size<10Gb
are still holding up just fine.
/Per
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