[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
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Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=zzz]I personally do not believe in buying cheap insurance. You do get what you pay for. When I shopped for insurance, I found the cheaper rates were commensurate with lower coverage limits.
[/quote]

In some cases this is true, like with Mercury. With Wawanesa, my rate is lower than any insurance I’ve had, and the coverage good (100/300/100, 500 comp/coll, towing, rental). They actually seem too good to be true. I’m hoping I don’t have to find out just how good they really are via a totalled vehicle, as I did with Farmers (whom I had to fight for nearly a year and still got royally screwed, despite the outrageous premium).

[Ren]

[quote=zzz]I personally do not believe in buying cheap insurance. You do get what you pay for. When I shopped for insurance, I found the cheaper rates were commensurate with lower coverage limits.
[/quote]

In some cases this is true, like with Mercury. With Wawanesa, my rate is lower than any insurance I’ve had, and the coverage good (100/300/100, 500 comp/coll, towing, rental). They actually seem too good to be true. I’m hoping I don’t have to find out just how good they really are via a totalled vehicle, as I did with Farmers (whom I had to fight for nearly a year and still got royally screwed, despite the outrageous premium).

[Ren]

[quote=zzz]I personally do not believe in buying cheap insurance. You do get what you pay for. When I shopped for insurance, I found the cheaper rates were commensurate with lower coverage limits.
[/quote]

In some cases this is true, like with Mercury. With Wawanesa, my rate is lower than any insurance I’ve had, and the coverage good (100/300/100, 500 comp/coll, towing, rental). They actually seem too good to be true. I’m hoping I don’t have to find out just how good they really are via a totalled vehicle, as I did with Farmers (whom I had to fight for nearly a year and still got royally screwed, despite the outrageous premium).

[Ren]

[quote=zzz]I personally do not believe in buying cheap insurance. You do get what you pay for. When I shopped for insurance, I found the cheaper rates were commensurate with lower coverage limits.
[/quote]

In some cases this is true, like with Mercury. With Wawanesa, my rate is lower than any insurance I’ve had, and the coverage good (100/300/100, 500 comp/coll, towing, rental). They actually seem too good to be true. I’m hoping I don’t have to find out just how good they really are via a totalled vehicle, as I did with Farmers (whom I had to fight for nearly a year and still got royally screwed, despite the outrageous premium).

[Ren]

[quote=zzz]I personally do not believe in buying cheap insurance. You do get what you pay for. When I shopped for insurance, I found the cheaper rates were commensurate with lower coverage limits.
[/quote]

In some cases this is true, like with Mercury. With Wawanesa, my rate is lower than any insurance I’ve had, and the coverage good (100/300/100, 500 comp/coll, towing, rental). They actually seem too good to be true. I’m hoping I don’t have to find out just how good they really are via a totalled vehicle, as I did with Farmers (whom I had to fight for nearly a year and still got royally screwed, despite the outrageous premium).

[Ren]

[quote=esmith]Get a quote from Wawanesa.[/quote]

I’ll second that. I’ve been with Mercury and 21st Century (the two well-known cheap insurers) in the past, and they both raise rates by too much too often (despite maintaining a perfect driving record). So far, I’m very happy with Wawanesa and it costs even less than the other two. I haven’t had to file a claim yet, but they seem to get good customer reviews in that department as well (epinions.com).

Anyone currently with one of the big names (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm, etc.) would be doing themselves a favor by getting a Wawanesa quote. You will probably be shocked.

[Ren]

[quote=esmith]Get a quote from Wawanesa.[/quote]

I’ll second that. I’ve been with Mercury and 21st Century (the two well-known cheap insurers) in the past, and they both raise rates by too much too often (despite maintaining a perfect driving record). So far, I’m very happy with Wawanesa and it costs even less than the other two. I haven’t had to file a claim yet, but they seem to get good customer reviews in that department as well (epinions.com).

Anyone currently with one of the big names (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm, etc.) would be doing themselves a favor by getting a Wawanesa quote. You will probably be shocked.

[Ren]

[quote=esmith]Get a quote from Wawanesa.[/quote]

I’ll second that. I’ve been with Mercury and 21st Century (the two well-known cheap insurers) in the past, and they both raise rates by too much too often (despite maintaining a perfect driving record). So far, I’m very happy with Wawanesa and it costs even less than the other two. I haven’t had to file a claim yet, but they seem to get good customer reviews in that department as well (epinions.com).

Anyone currently with one of the big names (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm, etc.) would be doing themselves a favor by getting a Wawanesa quote. You will probably be shocked.

[Ren]

[quote=esmith]Get a quote from Wawanesa.[/quote]

I’ll second that. I’ve been with Mercury and 21st Century (the two well-known cheap insurers) in the past, and they both raise rates by too much too often (despite maintaining a perfect driving record). So far, I’m very happy with Wawanesa and it costs even less than the other two. I haven’t had to file a claim yet, but they seem to get good customer reviews in that department as well (epinions.com).

Anyone currently with one of the big names (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm, etc.) would be doing themselves a favor by getting a Wawanesa quote. You will probably be shocked.

[Ren]

[quote=esmith]Get a quote from Wawanesa.[/quote]

I’ll second that. I’ve been with Mercury and 21st Century (the two well-known cheap insurers) in the past, and they both raise rates by too much too often (despite maintaining a perfect driving record). So far, I’m very happy with Wawanesa and it costs even less than the other two. I haven’t had to file a claim yet, but they seem to get good customer reviews in that department as well (epinions.com).

Anyone currently with one of the big names (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm, etc.) would be doing themselves a favor by getting a Wawanesa quote. You will probably be shocked.

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