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Old 08-10-2010, 07:36 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I was looking for some new hard drives this morning... thought of this thread when I read the warranty on them.

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Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

* 2TB
* 64MB Cache
* SATA 3.0Gb/s

* Cache: 64MB
* Parts: 3 years limited
* Labor: 3 years limited
* Model #: WD20EARS
* Item #: N82E16822136514
* Return Policy: Standard Return Policy


Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

* 2TB
* 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
* SATA 3.0Gb/s

* Cache: 64MB
* Features: Dual processor - Twice the processing power to maximize performance
* Parts: 5 years limited
* Labor: 5 years limited
* Model #: WD2001FASS
* Item #: N82E16822136456
* Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

Just to give you an idea on warranties for hard drives...

All Apple did was absorb the cost of someone installing it. In a Macbook? Probably total time 15 minutes. They have a happy as shit customer with little to no cost to them.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/mac...ddrive_diy.pdf
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