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From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga)
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Subject: Re: Seagate drives (Actually Fujitsu)
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Date: 7 Jun 91 14:21:05 GMT
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In article <1873@hsi.hsi.com> tomg@code3.com (Tom Green) writes:
>
>In MHO Fujitsu is one of the best out there.  They have one of the best
>MTBFs and warranties available for medium sized drives.  I wouldn't buy
>Seagate unless I had to to satisfy a customers specifications.
>
I bought a Fujitsu 2263E ( The 600+M ESDI one) for a system I was
setting up for a friend.  We went for it because of price, Fujitsu
brand name and the advertised warranty (5 years).  However, nowhere in
the literature packaged with the disk there any mention of a
warranty.  This is an official Fujitsu America drive (not grey market).
Are warranties in disk drives implied by the MTBF rating?
I guess I will never know for sure unless the thing breaks
down and I go back to the distributor.

This aside, it looks and sounds like a very good drive -- very fast and
quiet.  Actually, is unbeatable at the 600M class from price point of
view.