I can't speak for the life of the drives, but I have been
considering buying one.  Both Comp USA and Staples appear to sell
the Maxtor DiamondMax 7200 RPM drives, and I have seen some with one
year warranties and some with three year warranties.  Some boxes
actually had a 'one year warranty' sticker placed over the box
preprinted 'three year warranty'.  I'm not sure what that says.....

Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

> PCMag in a review in 1999 recommended the 27.3gig Maxtor 7200rpm
> ATA66 hard drive which, they said, did very well also with ATA33
> motherboards which is what I have (Asus P2B).
>
> I am writing to ask if 7200rpm drives are significantly shorter
> lived than 5600rpm drives or have any other drawback which I
> might be overlooking.
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> Michael Eisenstadt
>
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