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Article #3821Re: Hard Disc Failures
From: Peter Dryzek
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1989 12:22
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1989 12:22
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In article <15310@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> xerox@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (James Osborne) writes: > > Sayyy.... If Quanum drives are used in the macs, and the drives >have a 2 (or 5 or whatever) year warranty... Can't Apple then charge and >end user for a repair that is out of the whimpy 90-day Apple warranty, then >turn around and send the drive back to Quantum for free repair? > > >Just wondering... > He's absolutely right. Up until recently I worked for a major disk drive manufacturer. Computer manufacturers have been pushing up their warranty periods from the drive manufacturer for quite some time now. A year is universal, two years is common and some drive manufacturers are offering up to five years warranty. I can't think of many computer manufacturers who pass the benefit on. Peter Dryzek
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!stc!dryzek From: dryzek@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Dryzek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hard Disc Failures Message-ID: <1717@bute.tcom.stc.co.uk> Date: 31 Aug 89 12:22:00 GMT References: <870284@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <3989@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> <19291@mimsy.UUCP> <13768@brunix.UUCP> <4882@merlin.usc.edu> <5983@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> <15310@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Reply-To: dryzek@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Dryzek) Organization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB. Lines: 19