[CoLoCo] Notebook drive

[David L. Willson]

Here's my opinion, and I apologize in advance that I don't have a specific opinion on
Samsung.  Reliability isn't a significant factor in one drive.  You can measure
reliability across a field of hundreds and judge it's cost, but not across a field of
one.  In a field of just one, the drive might fail, and that's about all you can say
with any trustworthiness.  The difference between a 5% and a 10% chance of failure in
the first three years just doesn't mean anything if it's your only hard drive.

My advice is always to buy the cheapest thing you can get (per gigabyte) and make sure
to have at least one copy of your stuph as far as away from the live copy as
practicable, unless you're a gamer, then consider buying the really fast drive.

On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:32:14 -0600, Kenneth D Weinert wrote
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> I'm looking for a second drive for the new laptop and I'm wondering if
> anyone has any opinions on this drive:
> 
> http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SkuSearch_v2.asp?SCriteria=AA73566
> 
> or this particular company (since they have the best price) or Samsung
> drives in general.
> 
> I've looked for reviews, but this appears to be a new drive (or I've
> reached a new low in my searching abilities) as I've not seen any
> reviews yet and not that many places selling it.
> 
> Thanks for any info or pointers.
> 
> Ken
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-- David