Seagate cutting HD warranties

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clay wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
the rest of the computer industry offers 3 year

I never knew that. I can buy a Dell, HP, whatever, and they come with 3 year warranties?

I think he meant most hard drives come with 3 year warranties
You guys are correct - I am out of date.

Back in the days of the Motorola Mac clones (and their sweet 5 year warranties), many computer vendors offered 3 year warranties. Except Apple, that offered their 1 year. I stand corrected - Dell's standard is 1 year, you have to pay $$ to go to 3 years.

Many hard drive warranties outside Seagate have been 3 years tops, tho. The 5 year bonus has been worth it to us. But we've also turned in at least 4 drives older than at least 1 year recently - so I can see the temptation by the manufacturers to try to go down to 1 year.