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From: lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Promotion on new hard drives
Summary: Preference drives
Message-ID: <1459@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 28 Apr 89 13:55:39 GMT
References: <6958@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <23692@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac
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In article <23692@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau) writes:
>
>>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.

Please, calm down...I have installed the Preference drives before on
Mac systems and they came formatted already and nicely packaged.
The only complaint I have is the SCSI dial in the back of the drive.
It makes it kind of hard to change the SCSI address number.

What has formatting software got to do with crashes?  I have not found
the Preference drives to be any worse than other brands.  Western
Digital is a respectable (listed on the AMEX) and has a good standing
in the MS-DOS world.  Their use support line is really annoying (just
a bunch of recorded messages) however...

Make you own decision, but I wouldn't flame them as much as you did...

/lih

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