I hear that, I'm done with rotating media myself as well. On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I use samsung drives for backups and rebuilds. to me, very reliable. have > used seagates and WD's for a while but WD drives these days are (woh, nearly > said something shocking) rather nasty… > > depending on storage needs, performance, etc. samsung 2.5" hdd's do perform > rather well. but I've been spoilt by SSD drives and wouldn't go back. > > lew > > On 8 Oct 2013, at 13:24, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> We literally would have smoke poor out of drives or even have flames in some >> cases, especially early on. I was running a net news (NNTP) server on Sun >> Sparc hardware and we were trying to find a home for 100+ gigs per day of >> mostly binaries and pics although we took the full news feed. (over 32,000 >> groups) Disk access was so continuous across the whole array it sounded >> like white noise almost or tens of computers at full boot hitting their >> disks as fast as they could. I was happy to sell off that part of the >> business, lots of hardware burn for little money. >> On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:07 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> gives a whole new meaning to burning a disc. >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> The only thing to watch out with WD is they ship some shady batches at >>> times. They are good about replacements though and as mentioned, the >>> customer service is quite good. I used to find IBM the best back in the >>> day, WD drives would burst in to flames on my news servers, but most would >>> do to the seriously high load. Especially for external drives WD is a >>> pretty good option. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Kliphton <kliphton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Never thought I would see this day, but it has come. For once I have to >>>> agree with David. Western digital are the best JMO. I have 2 network >>>> attached storage devices by them, and 2 external USB hard drives. One of >>>> which I am running a copy of mavericks on. And none have ever failed me. >>>> Not saying they are perfect, cause nothing is. But my experience with WD >>>> has been better than with anyone else’s brand. Great customer service >>>> too, and gives 2 to 4 years warrantee on their products depending on what >>>> size it is. HTH >>>> >>>> >>>> Kliphton Senior >>>> (iMessage) kliphton@xxxxxxxxxx - Email kliphton@xxxxxxxxx >>>> (Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype) kliphton72 >>>> [Text only] 914-820-2298 >>>> (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >>>> >>>> >>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert >>>> Poehlman >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:30 AM >>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: external storage devices >>>> >>>> H andy, >>>> >>>> I guess this depends on how much music you have and what the size of the >>>> hd in the mbp is. almost all external usb hds are good. you can't go >>>> wrong with western digital as a start. >>>> >>>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:08 AM, Mackenzie Andrew (EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUST - >>>> RJN) <andrew.mackenzie4@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, I am thinking of transferring my music cooection onto >>>> my macbook pro. To safe memory would it be better for me to save this >>>> collection on anexternalstorage device? If so can anyone tell me which >>>> would be more compatible with the macbook? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert >>>> Poehlman >>>> Sent: 07 October 2013 09:55 >>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Huey Lewis and the news >>>> >>>> Check out this album on iTunes: >>>> >>>> <image001.jpg> >>>> Huey Lewis & The News: Greatest Hits >>>> Huey Lewis & The News >>>> Rock >>>> Released: 2006 >>>> >>>> · <image002.jpg> >>>> · <image002.jpg> >>>> · <image002.jpg> >>>> · <image002.jpg> >>>> · <image002.jpg> >>>> 270 Ratings >>>> <image003.jpg> >>>> >>>> >>>> iTunes Store >>>> Please note that you have not been added to any email lists. >>>> Copyright © 2013 Apple Inc. 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