Originally posted by sammorris:

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No problems with viewing threads or emails here, just the double post on a new page bug, where your post only appears after a second reply on the page is posted, and linking to a new page takes you to page 1 of the thread. As far as admins go, drD is about the only one I know of, who I think is the head of the site. Lethal_B I haven't seen in a long while.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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That's strange russ. I get notifications, but at the beginning of a new page, it brings me to page one of the forum. Until enough posts have been made, it would seem.

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Originally posted by creaky:

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Already done Russ ~ http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/316808/5243735

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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LOL! Valuable points. I've had very good RMA experience with WD, so I guess I can trust that they'll do the right thing, should the need arise ;) It would just be unfortunate, if I come close to filling the drive, and losing it all. 2Tb worth of data would definitely bring a tear to my eye ;)

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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3 years is pretty standard, most drives only come with a 5 year warranty. Black drives are as I say, the premium product, so some of them come with 5.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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I get the feeling that the black drives have a different quality control process. Why do the green drives only have a 3 yr warranty?

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Believe it or not there's an ISP in the UK that charges more, and makes the pricing structure very complicated just to keep out people who don't understand internet, to make their lives much easier and prioritise their network for people who use it properly :P

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Maw: No backups here yet, I know what I need to buy, but it costs £580 :S 14TB of space is expensive! You're correct on the typo by the way.
The quality control process, and indeed the performance tests aren't really relevant any more, as the Caviar Blue line is no longer being expanded, so all the 7200rpm drives are Blacks, all the 5400rpm drives are Greens. If a drive does exceptionally well in testing i imagine it goes into the enterprise grade equivalent of these two products. I've not seen FASS drives anywhere near that cheap, and certainly never seen them cheap in the UK :P
As for the ISP, nah you wouldn't want it, they charge per-gigabyte, you need to be rich!
Omega: The green drives do run a good 10ºC cooler than the Blacks, but for me, it's mainly that I can't hear my 10 WD Greens over the 3 7200rpm drives that are in that system, so to replace it all with 7 new WD Greens, sounds good to me :)

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Red_Maw, I make backups of everything too, but it would be unfortunate to have to rip all/most of that data back to the hard drive. At least stuff that I like to have at my fingertips ;) I can't wait til they lower the ridiculous prices on Blu-Ray media. 1 25gb backup, is a lot better than 6 dvd backups :D

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