Agreed. They don't quite make 'em like they used to unless you want super expensive (relative to consumer grade) drives designed for server use.
Some of the best drives I had were old, small, and slow designs made by companies that don't even exist anymore under their original names. Remember Connor? Or Shugart?
One of the best was an 850MB WD Cavair I owned. It only was 4400 RPM and high profile, but it kept going, and going, and going... It doesn't surprise me in the least that a lot of late 80s and early 90s Mac HDDs are still going strong.
Somebody told me that if you can get 3-5 years out of a modern HDD you should consider yourself lucky. Bleah. That crap would *NOT* fly back when HDDs were super expensive. Screw SATA. How about we return to reliability?
Some of the best drives I had were old, small, and slow designs made by companies that don't even exist anymore under their original names. Remember Connor? Or Shugart?
One of the best was an 850MB WD Cavair I owned. It only was 4400 RPM and high profile, but it kept going, and going, and going... It doesn't surprise me in the least that a lot of late 80s and early 90s Mac HDDs are still going strong.
Somebody told me that if you can get 3-5 years out of a modern HDD you should consider yourself lucky. Bleah. That crap would *NOT* fly back when HDDs were super expensive. Screw SATA. How about we return to reliability?