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Subject: Re: Maxtor disks
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 07:37:23 EDT
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in article <5997@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) says:
> 
> I got the following info yesterday. I don't have prices yet, but these
> are supposedly production items. I believe that there is 760MB unit
> but I don;t see it in the stuff I have.
> 
> Hard disks:
>   part		formatted MB	Interface
>   XT-8380E	320.86		ESDI
>   XT-8760E	601.62
> 
>   XT-1085	67.1		ST506/ST412
>   XT-1105	82.7
>   XT-1140	112.8
>   
>   XT-2085	70.2		ST506/ST412
>   XT-2140	110.3
>   XT-2190	150.4
>   
>   XT-3170	146.64		SCSI
>   XT-3280	244.41
>   XT-3380	319.61
>   
>   EXT-4175	178.28		ST506/ST412
>   EXT-4280	234.16
>   EXT-4380	382.03
> 
> Optical:
>   RXT-800S	400MB/side	SCSI
> 
> Maxtor; 150 River Oaks Parkway; San Jose CA 95134; (408) 942-1700
> 
> "No connection, not even a user, just a shopper"
> 
> -- 
> bill davidsen			sixhub \	ARPA: wedu@ge-crd.arpa
>       ihnp4!seismo!rochester!steinmetz ->  crdos1!davidsen
> 				chinet /
> "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward"



I would like to point a few things about maxtor:

	do not expect to get your drive serviced. You are buying a disposable
consumer item. If it goes bad it is meant to be thrown away.

For example:
	Maxtor does NOT provide service information for their drives to
ANY major disk service places. You are stuck in going to them. They will 
not even provide you with a technical manual.

What to do:
   good question.... Maxtor is still among  the most reliable drives made,
not mentioning being very good in performance also.  As for myself.... I
think I am getting a fujitsu  ... they seem to make competatively priced
stuff that is at least as reliable... but MORE importantly , they ARE
willing to service it and/or share the service information with outside
contractors.  


Alex P. Novickis