Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years

swordboy writes "Seagate have just announced that they are going to standardize on a five year warranty for all of their hard drives, including desktop and notebook units. While this seems like amazing news, I'm certainly hoping that the company will be around to honor these warranties." The press release notes: "The new warranty applies retroactively to applicable hard drives shipped since June 1, 2004."

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Re:More reliable drives?

[evilviper]

Kia is tied with Toyota in the minivan market for lowest number of customer complaints regarding quality issues.

When was the last time you saw a Kia minivan driving around? Can't have customer complaints if you don't have customers! Besides, I've driven Toyotas, and they are completely POS, IMHO. It's more like playing a videogame than driving a car... You have go and stop, nothing in-between, and it controls how fast you accelerate or stop, no matter what you want. Not to mention that the driver controls are typically made from plastic, with no metal at all, and feels like it's going to break if I put any force into driving. But I digress...

If the company stands behind it for 10 years, I can only assume that puts out a positive message for the company.

You obviously completely missed the point of the parent. A warranty does not mean a company stands behind a product... A warranty means they think the money they will have to waste is less than the revenue it will generate. For many reasons, a warranty may not be cashed-in when a product breaks down, so it's a numbers game.

Remember Fight Club? If A * B * C is greater than X, they still make a profit selling defective products.

Perhaps more off subject, personally I know two different people who work for KIA, and both of them have said in no uncertain terms how crappy KIAs are. That meshes perfectly with my world view, considering how cheap they are, and that everything high-tech I've ever bought from a Korean company (eg Samsung) has turned out to be terribly crappy. Check out KIAs if you want, but that's more than enough evidence for me to not even consider KIA.

That's even more true since I know that practically all modern GM cars are extremely good, mechanically (engine, transmission, etc), and I can get a Saturn for the same prices as a KIA.