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From: lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Promotion on new hard drives
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Date: 27 Apr 89 19:47:14 GMT
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In article <6958@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>For any of you out there that are looking for a hard drive for your Macintosh,
>you may want to take a look at this.  It seems to be a fairly good offer, but
>the quality, performance, reliability, etc., have not yet been reviewed or put
>to the test.
>
>-Michael
>
>-----
>Preference Hard Disks-55% DISCOUNT!
 
DON'T GET THESE DRIVES!  I haven't had as much experience with
Preference as I have with Seagates and Quantums, but from what
I DO know:

- the formatting software is brain-dead.
- the drive cannot hook up to a LaserWriter IINTX.
- Crashes are EXTREMELY difficult to repair, mostly because the
formatting software is so brain-dead.

If you feel you MUST buy this drive due to the low prices,
then go ahead.  Make my day.  I can't recommend it.


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