12-28-2008, 08:21 AM
space-time wrote:
[quote=Racer X]
over enough time, you will eventually get a bad drive from every manufacturer.
yeah, I agree, technically you are correct. But the gut feeling tells you to avoid that brand since you got burned once. And then you buy another, and another, until you're back where you started. But still I am curious if the OP would buy another drive from the same maker or would rather try another brand.
I don't think that way at all. In fact I take into account how well the warranty is handled when considering a purchase. If a replacement is done painlessly (and most are very good), I don't hold a single failure against them. Those are your gut feelings - they aren't universal.