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From: seth@CS.UCLA.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: GC Hyperdrive - Reliable ???
Message-ID: <11025@shemp.UCLA.EDU>
Date: 2 Feb 88 21:13:07 GMT
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Reply-To: seth@CS.UCLA.EDU (Seth Goldman)
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In article <1395@water.waterloo.edu> wmbabineau@water.waterloo.edu (W. Michael Babineau) writes:
>
>I am considering the purchase of a 20MEG hard disk for my MAC +.
>A local dealer has a good bargain on General Computer Hyperdrives.
>I have however, been getting a lot of bad vibes about Hyperdrives and
>GC in general. I have seen comments in MACWORLD and have heard by word
>of mouth that I should consider buying a different drive from a different
>company. The dealer claims to have sold "tons of these drives" and has
>yet to have anyone complain.
>
>I would appreciate any comments from Hyperdrive owners or anyone who has
>had any dealings with GC.                                             
>
>Thanks in advance...

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY A HYPERDRIVE!

That may seem a bit severe but you will be buying a product which
is highly failure prone from a company which has negative customer
support.  I have a long list of gripes with GCC, the most recent
occurred when I called to report a bug in their software and was
told that there was no bug and that I was wrong.  Needless to say
the error is reproducible and if the idiot at the other end of the
phone knew anything about the product he would have understood the
problem.  Anyway, stay away.

						Seth Goldman

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