05-26-2017, 03:51 AM
S. Pupp wrote:
I once had a drive with a 3 year warranty (HGST).
When it died after six months, its replacement was a refurbished drive with a 6 month warranty.
So: A 5 year warranty does not mean you are guaranteed to have a working drive for 5 years. In my case, a 3 year warranty ended up being one year.
I once had another drive, a Torqx SSD, with a 5 year warranty.
When it died after 2 years, it was replaced with a SLOWER, obsolete model (Warp) with no TRIM ability - I was given the choice of either the slower model or no replacement at all (Thanks, Patriot).
Better to go with a drive that has a good reputation rather than an unproven Seagate model.
I've had a couple of those situations in the past, and had to negotiate a "we'll cross that bridge if/when something happens to the replacement drive..." Very frustrating when you think you're getting a decent warranty. Though, FWIW, I've had better warranty experiences w/ Seagate than w/ some other manufacturers (notably WD). Still waiting on the jury for the FireCuda, but spec-wise it seems to make sense for an old SATA I MBP. What does cause concern is why Seagate is so overly sketchy about all of the real specs of the FireCuda; they seem to want to keep a lot (too much) info hidden.
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