<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 17, 2007, at 3:09 PM, ryan patterson wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>I said the warranty is the <SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">PRIMARY</SPAN> reason SCSI drives are more expensive. I never said it was the only reason. Why do you want to compare a 15k RPM SCSI drive against a regular IDE (do you actually mean ATA) drive? That is like comparing a Ford focus against a Chevy corvette and saying all Chevys are expensive because they are all sportscars. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'd agree that the longer warranty is *a* reason for higher cost, not sure I'd buy it being the *primary* reason. I think technically ATA and SATA drives are both "IDE" in that they have integrated controllers, but I really don't think anybody failed to understand what I meant.</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>I really don't understand your logic about how you would rather just buy a new drive then get a warranty replacement. If you ever used RAID you would know that when a drive fails there is no point in replacing it with a larger drive. All the extra space will be wasted. Also the warranty applies to the replacement drive too. Why do you think it wouldn't? <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The original warranty applies to the replacement, so if you had a 5-year warranty and the drive failed after 4-1/2 years you would only have 6 months left on the warranty for the replacement device.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I just said that I personally would not bother with the hassle of replacing a relatively small (by today's standards) drive, especially if it had only a year or less to run on the warranty. You do not have to understand my logic, I was merely stating a fact. If you disagree with me I am interested in your reasoning, but I doubt you will change my mind.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>All hard drive manufacturers make drives that fail. There is no company that makes a drive that is guarantied to not be replaced. So even though you would be happy to pay for that, you can't. If you plan on upgrading to a newer hard drive in a year or two then by all means buy a cheap one with a short warranty. There is nothing wrong with that. <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>I certainly can't buy a drive that won't fail, but I will pay more for one that has less likelihood of failing, regardless of what the warranty is.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> No matter how hard you try you cannot "warrant" quality into a product.</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Brian Wood</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>