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Old 09-21-2005, 08:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default western digital is a good brand, right?

My dad bought me aWD 160gig and I wanted to know if this is a reliable hard drive.
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That page is bad, and yes, they are good drives.
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Old 09-21-2005, 09:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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lols yeah WD is one of the three good mainstream brands that make hds, the other two are maxtor and seagate (personally i like seagate the best)
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also is its 72,000 rpms then its fine, if its 52,000 then its not if its over 72,000 its even better
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also is its 72,000 rpms then its fine, if its 52,000 then its not if its over 72,000 its even better
i think u mean 7,200 and 5,200 lol
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is ok i just found that funny
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one day, 72,000 rpms will exist haha
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by that time large solid state memory will be affordable no more discs
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I'd love a 72,000 RPM drive, windows would be installed in seconds.

WD is my favorite brand...my friend and I agree on everything computer related EXCEPT for graphics cards and HD's, he likes ATI, I like nvidia, I like WD, he Likes seagate.....bah...he's CRAZY
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