jdsb@occrsh.ATT.COM (John_Babcock) (03/28/89)
There have been several postings of good/bad experiences with these drives, however, WHICH one are you all talking about? (i.e. Are the Quantums acting noisy or just the others?) As I remember, the LaCie models go: 31 Meg ???? 40 Meg Seagate? 70 Meg Seagate? 40 Meg Quantum 19 -=> 12 ms 80 Meg Quantum 19 -=> 12 ms Can anyone tell me which models are noisy? You can reply to me and I'll summarize if you like. ____________________________________________________________________________ * John Babcock att!occrsh!jdsb * AT&T Network Systems jdsb@occrsh.att.com * Oklahoma City, OK Disclaimer: I speak on my own, not as AT&T.
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (03/28/89)
In article <652@occrsh.ATT.COM> jdsb@occrsh.ATT.COM (John_Babcock) writes:
< There have been several postings of good/bad experiences
<with these drives, however, WHICH one are you all talking about?
<(i.e. Are the Quantums acting noisy or just the others?)
I've been thinking, since reading all of these responses that disk drives
should require a decibel rating (like the labels required for food) :-)
Shirley Kehremuroga@m.cs.uiuc.edu (03/29/89)
I don't think the Quantums would be the noisy ones. I have a Quantum internal and it is very quiet (mine is a MaxAcess, not LaCie). I also wanted to point out that the LaCie external drives won a design award. So even if it dies, you can display it on your mantel and admire it's beauty. Eisuke Muroga Department of Computer Science | 1304 W. Springfield Ave. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL 61801 ARPA emuroga@m.cs.uiuc.edu CSNET emuroga@uiuc.csnet USENET uiucdcs!uiucdcsm!emuroga BITNET emuroga%m.cs.uiuc.edu@uiucvmd.bitnet
rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Robert Miller) (06/06/90)
A couple of months ago I requested information concerning LaCie and their hard drives. I have since purchased a 40 Meg Quantum ZFP (zero footprint drive) from them. The two people I talked with on the phone were helpful and knowledgable. I mentioned the recent Silverlining survey to one of them and she was very interested in the results and what problems people had. From their answers to my questions, they both obviously knew what they were talking about. When I ordered the drive, they gave me a delivery time of 7 to 14 days, which was acceptable to me. It actually arrived in 6 days. I was allowed to order COD at no extra charge, which seemed like a good idea considering some people's experience with Jasmine. I have had no problems with either the drive or with Silverlining. The drive is reasonably quiet and very fast. I have not partitioned my drive (at 40 Megs there doesn't seem much point yet) but otherwise Silverlining is working fine. The drive also comes with a good collection of public domain and shareware programs, including virus detection software and other good file maintenance utilities. I have no other connection with LaCie than as a satisfied customer. Robert Miller rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu