https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-death-star-that-killed-ibms-hard-drive-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-death-star-that-killed-ibms-hard-drive-business David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-death-star-that-killed-ibms-hard-drive-business/#comment-57375 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:44:03 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36408#comment-57375 I had one of these, while living in Paris, and it died of course. I sent away for a warranty replacement and it arrived in a package several times the size of the disk drive unit itself, with the drive suspended in the middle of the package by a really cool multi-axis shock absorber system made of plastic.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-death-star-that-killed-ibms-hard-drive-business/#comment-57370 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:21:46 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36408#comment-57370 I never had any problems with IBM drives, over the decades I was a PC enthusiast I had many trouble free drives and a few duds from most of the major brands. I knew people that swore by one brand or insisted another brand was junk but really most companies made a lot of solid drives and a few models that just didn’t hold up. Companies that made too many flaky drives didn’t last long.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-death-star-that-killed-ibms-hard-drive-business/#comment-56683 Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:46:30 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36408#comment-56683 i owned a IBM hard drives and yes they’re not good

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