Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!tci!kingman From: kingman@tci.UUCP (Matt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Requesting comments on Seagate Drives Message-ID: <339@tci.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 89 18:32:13 GMT References: <1989Aug8.173244.859@aucs.uucp> Organization: Technology Concepts, Inc. Sudbury Mass. Lines: 31 871323o@aucs.uucp (Oliver Oey) writes: >...There are two names which I >haven't seen mentioned, Miniscribe and Seagate. Therefore I am assuming >no body had any major problems with the above two brands. Since Apple >use Seagate, I think I'll go for the drives with Seagate mechanism. > >If anyone has any bad experience with Seagate drives, please let me >know. I'll make up my mind at the end of the week and hopefully place >an order on Monday. > >Thanks in advance. I have a Seagate 40Mb drive in my Mac II and it often refuses to boot, and occasionally refuses to even spin up (I initially thought the cable was loose, but unfortunately, not the problem). I haven't used any other Seagate SCSI drives, but I have also had problems with several IBM-PC type Seagate drives, both full and half height. The other problem is that some of the Seagate models tend to be noisy. On a positive note, they are usually less expensive than other brands. I haven't had any bad experiences with Miniscribe drives. Just for info, my 40 will soon be replaced by a Quantum ProDrive. I've found that they are fast, reliable, and quiet. (even if they are more expensive than other brands) Good Luck /Matt ...I have no affiliation with any of the aforementioned products or companies. Just speaking from personal experience.....