Seagate Acknowledges Problems With 1.5-TB HDD

AnInkle writes "Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda has been available for a couple months from multiple retailers. But shortly after release, reports of random freezes appeared on several sites. The hang apparently occurs in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Vista when streaming video or transferring files at low speeds. After a couple of weeks of silence, Seagate has finally officially acknowledged the problem. In a response to The Tech Report, they say they're investigating the 'issue' affecting 'a small number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives.' Acknowledging the 'inconvenience' is a start, but most users expect at least average performance and prompt service from the capacity king of data storage." In a related story, reader Lucas123 plugs a ComputerWorld piece examining the question of Seagate's plans to stay relevant at a time when SSDs increasingly capture OEM mindshare.

Comments

Re:Stupid thought of the day

[Anonymous Coward]

STFU.

Honestly. A decent Linux Distro with all the trimmings maxes out at a couple of GB total. A 32GB SSD would go a long way for those not arching mp3s/movies on their drive.

How about you point your finger at the software vendors who sell bloatware?

spend a couple hundred and act like sooo entitled

[Anonymous Coward]

i love how people spend a couple hundred dollars and then act as if they bought a company instead of a product. people think they are so entitled.

Re:Half baked Rant?

[the_B0fh]

ahahahahahahahaha :)