Members Emprov Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 For the second time ever, I'm having a hardware failure on a Mac. Been having an irritating software thing over the last few months and it looks like it was due to a mildly failing hard drive. So, it looks like I needs a new laptop drive -- nothing too big, 60-80 gig would be fine. Any recommendations? Any brands to stay away from?
Members rummy Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 My preference has always been Western Digital. And, stay away from Seagate. And buy from www.newegg.com
Members chunky-b Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 For the second time ever, I'm having a hardware failure on a Mac. Been having an irritating software thing over the last few months and it looks like it was due to a mildly failing hard drive. So, it looks like I needs a new laptop drive -- nothing too big, 60-80 gig would be fine. Any recommendations? Any brands to stay away from? I thought Mac's never failed... :poke: (Sorry, Just had to!)
Members Emprov Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Posted September 27, 2007 I thought Mac's never failed... :poke: (Sorry, Just had to!) I used to supervise about 1200 Apple phone agents. Trust me, they sometimes fail. Some of the time, it's not even the user's fault!
Members mmb Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 I've never had any luck at all with Fujitsu brand. Best luck with Seagate. Western Digital, Maxtor, IBM (back in the day) were all *meh* drives. They worked, but I did have failures with them. C.V.I've been a Network/Desktop/Server/Unix admin for around 10 years now. Over 100 Dell and Apple laptops in production currently with faculty.
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