>>> the Samsungs all come with a three year warranty!
>>
>> Maybe you're talking about the retail version!!!
>
> What other version would I be talking about?
Most of us homebuilders buy basic OEM hardware/components, like from
an online merchant. That's what Newegg is, DaSilvor, as you could
easily find out by searching the Internet.
>
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> Subject: Re: WD Raptor or WD Caviar in RAID setup?
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>> So you aren't aware of the fact that magazines get paid for
>> advertising.
>
> So why would CustomPC publish such a bad review of the Raptor
> then?
Maybe the effect of advertising is much greater for a new arrival.
Hopefully you aren't denying the fact that hardware makers pay
magazines to say good things about their products.
<snipped lots of exclamation points and ellipsis>
Try to find user reviews that support your excitement about Samsung
F1 hard drives. The user reviews I've seen and posted above in this
thread suggest that they are unreliable and not well supported.
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> Subject: Re: WD Raptor or WD Caviar in RAID setup?
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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
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> Try to find user reviews that support your excitement about Samsung
> F1 hard drives. The user reviews I've seen and posted above in this
> thread suggest that they are unreliable and not well supported.
I am getting sick of YOUR narrow minded attacks on myself and Dasilvor. You
have shown yourself to be rude, arrogant and unwilling to listen to anyone
elses point of view. You can't even think of an original nick!
I answered the original posters question. I didn't expect this kind of
personal attack. I just don't understand immature idiots like you who seem
to get off on rubbishing other people's opinions.
The original post asking for advice wasn't even from you. All I ever said
was that it was worth looking at other drives like the Spinpoint F1 and not
just consider WD Raptors.
Rarius
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>>>> the Samsungs all come with a three year warranty!
>>>
>>> Maybe you're talking about the retail version!!!
>>
>> What other version would I be talking about?
>
> Most of us homebuilders buy basic OEM hardware/components, like from
> an online merchant. That's what Newegg is, DaSilvor, as you could
> easily find out by searching the Internet.
So now you can talk for the thousands of other homebuilders... You certainly
cant speak for me, and I have been self-building PCs since the 386! And been
doing it as my job for most of that time!
Just for your information, I phoned round three UK suppliers today. All said
that the Samsung Spinpoint drives WERE covered by a 3 year replacement
warranty. I asked if this was just the Retail drives and they said that
they only sell OEM drives! The only places that sell Retail boxed drives are
highstreet shops such as PCWorld and Maplins.
Rarius
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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
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> "DaSilvor" <dasilvor rarius.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I will repeat my original assessment, that I would not buy
> a 150gb harddrive for o115, no matter how fast it is.
>
> That might matter if the world revolved around DaSilvor.
>
> Lose the ego, dude.
Anybody else thinking of a phrase with the words "pot", "kettle" and "black"
in it?
Rarius
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>> Some people I know will fill that much space in a few weeks.
>
> Especially if you download lots of **** and other multimedia. I'm a
> gamer. I could have backup copies of Windows, and installed Flight
> Simulator, Supreme Commander, and all of my other games on my 150 GB
> Raptor with space left over.
Personally I use my PC for work. Creating virtual machines eats up
diskspace. I think I have over 72GB of them alone. Then there is the
graphics and video I do for work. That must be another 110GB at least. Then
there are the SQLServer and Oracle databases. Thats another 40GB or so...
If you are only playing with your PC then I suppose a 150GB will suffice. If
you are intending to do anything serious with it then a big fast drive is
always going to beat a small fast drive!
> Because, of course, hard drive speed is in fact a major limiting
> factor of a computer.
And I have proved time and time again that Raptor is NOT the only fast drive
on the market!
Rarius
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"Rarius" <rarius@rarius.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
> news:cLxhk.18259$Ri.9153@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
>> "DaSilvor" <dasilvor rarius.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I will repeat my original assessment, that I would not buy
>> a 150gb harddrive for o115, no matter how fast it is.
>>
>> That might matter if the world revolved around DaSilvor.
>>
>> Lose the ego, dude.
>
> Anybody else thinking of a phrase with the words "pot", "kettle" and
> "black" in it?
>
> Rarius
Oh yea. John Doe is the LAST dude to be telling anyone to lose thier ego....
"Shadow39" <no no.com> wrote:
> "Rarius" <rarius rarius.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1216821749_519025 pro-front01.com...
>> "John Doe" <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:cLxhk.18259$Ri.9153 flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
>>> "DaSilvor" <dasilvor rarius.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I will repeat my original assessment, that I would not buy
>>>> a 150gb harddrive for o115, no matter how fast it is.
>>>
>>> That might matter if the world revolved around DaSilvor.
>>>
>>> Lose the ego, dude.
>>
>> Anybody else thinking of a phrase with the words "pot", "kettle"
>> and "black" in it?
>>
>> Rarius
>
> Oh yea. John Doe is the LAST dude to be telling anyone to lose
> thier ego....
Says a nym-shifting troll in agreement with someone who claims
to have no posting history at all.
>>> Some people I know will fill that much space in a few weeks.
>>
>> Especially if you download lots of **** and other multimedia. I'm
>> a gamer. I could have backup copies of Windows, and installed
>> Flight Simulator, Supreme Commander, and all of my other games on
>> my 150 GB Raptor with space left over.
>
> Personally I use my PC for work. Creating virtual machines eats up
> diskspace. I think I have over 72GB of them alone.
That is irrelevant to the general population!
> Then there is the graphics and video I do for work. That must be
> another 110GB at least. Then there are the SQLServer and Oracle
> databases. Thats another 40GB or so...
Then there's all the **** you download!
> If you are only playing with your PC then I suppose a 150GB will
> suffice.
You are pulling nonsense out of your hat! Unless you download lots
of **** or other entertainment media, 150 GB is a lot of disk space
for the vast majority of users!
> If you are intending to do anything serious with it then a big
> fast drive is always going to beat a small fast drive!
You are full of it!
>> Because, of course, hard drive speed is in fact a major limiting
>> factor of a computer.
>
> And I have proved time and time again that Raptor is NOT the only
> fast drive on the market!
That's the bizarre translation of what you were originally saying,
but of course that's true!
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