On 7/3/2010 4:52 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
> I have been working in electronics manufacturing for over 20 years, I know it
> very well that company culture will have big influence on the product
> quality/reliability. ...
>
> Everyone is doing product cost reduction (making changes), the companies
> which truly put quality in the first place will do better than the others and
> I can assure you that not every company is doing the same.
I don't disagree with you at all. I'm talking about the other end, the poor
souls who wants to choose the best HD. I
still believe it's impossible to know enough to make a decision that makes a
difference, a least without spending
enormous effort - only to discover that one has to start over again, as models
have been discontinued and new models
reached the market.
Even the best manufacturer doesn't really know how a new model will fare in the
real world until there are many
thousands in service. Back when I spent a lot of time reading reviews, I
encountered examples of this. A model would
have problems and the manufacturer would change the drive, then later users
would say it was fine.
The least cost solution, in time and sanity, at least, still seems to me to be
the one I outlined.
Moose
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