SAMSAMHA Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 what an interesting turn. Maxtor is the first company to reduce the warranty to 1 year and the whole industry followed back in 2001. Now 3 years later (funny that's the time of the warranty, coincidence:)?), with Seagate upped their warranty to 5 years, maxtor has decided to put back the warranty of their hd to 3 years. I guess sooner or later WD will follow the route. I think this is a great news for us. Hopefully it will stay like this. To be honest, I don't see much difference between 3 or 1 years but I like the fact you got 3 years as a backup when you buy the hd. NOwaday hd is so cheap, it really doesn't matter if it is broken but it gives you a good feeling that you bought a product that's covered by 3 years or more. It gives you the confidene on the product as well as gives you a security. Thanks seagate for this:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I could be wrong, but I thought the reduction on hdd (wd at least) was for the non SE version. The top end models were still covered under the 3 yr plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballsdeep Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 hmm i just got 2 Maxtors (my WD crashed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMSAMHA Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I could be wrong, but I thought the reduction on hdd (wd at least) was for the non SE version. The top end models were still covered under the 3 yr plan. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> you are right. In fact, I think the OEM version also cover 3 years. Most retail are only 1 year (and that's the ide version, I think SATA are 3 years). But this maxtor is all hd, so it's good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I got three years on my OEM WD 2000JB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Isn't JB the SE ? It has the 8mb Cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Blah blah blah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I've never had any trouble with any of my WD drives. For that matter, I have an IBM/Hitachi 6GB drive I have had for 6 years that still works like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Isn't JB the SE ? It has the 8mb Cache. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I've never had any trouble with any of my WD drives. For that matter, I have an IBM/Hitachi 6GB drive I have had for 6 years that still works like a charm. My Seagate is the most reliable drive I have ever had. Dropped at least 10 times and the sucker keeps going. Its a 'Cuda'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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