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Brairwolf
09-12-2002, 08:12 PM
www.theinquirer.net/?article=5292 (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5292)


Seems they are changing to one year warrenties from 3 yr.

Cloudien
09-13-2002, 03:58 PM
Hmm, way to increase customer confidence.
I'll be on Seagate or WD from now on then...

Tudamorf
09-13-2002, 04:54 PM
Seagate SCSI: 5 year warranty from a brand name that has been in business for almost 20 years (that I can remember) and consistently the industry leader. What more can you ask for?

Stormhaven
09-13-2002, 07:39 PM
What more can you ask for?

I would like the price of their LVD 15k SCSI drives to go down about 70% :(

Tudamorf
09-13-2002, 10:12 PM
They already cut the price quite a bit. The 36 Gb Cheetah X15 36LP is only $350 now (it used to be $550, when I bought it). And the 18 Gb version is down to about $200, which is very cheap considering it's still the highest performance drive on the market.

If you need more storage but don't want to spend a lot of money, you could always buy one 18 Gb drive for your swap file, OS, and programs, and then a large IDE drive for your data.

Tudamorf
09-15-2002, 07:52 PM
BTW I found it interesting to read today that Western Digital <a href=http://support.wdc.com/warranty/newpolicy.asp>is now downgrading to 1 year warranties</a>, except on Special Edition drives. Since trimming the warranty lowers the cost of production, I wonder if Seagate will follow suit, if only to stay competitive.

Brairwolf
09-16-2002, 08:34 AM
they did

www.theinquirer.net/?article=5392 (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5392)

Sobe Silvertree
09-16-2002, 05:40 PM
3. Seagate 18gig X15 15k SCA2 ZHDS18X15S 3 265.55 796.65


Just bought 3 of them - not to bad IMO for the performance.

What is the usual pricing? for 18/36?

Tudamorf
09-16-2002, 10:23 PM
What is the usual pricing?

For the Cheetah X15 36LP? It's $200 for the 18 Gb version and $350 for the 36 Gb version. The older model, Cheetah X15, is somewhat cheaper.