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To: Z Analyzer who wrote (5946)	3/27/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: Henry W Singor	Read Replies (1) of 9256

Have you guys taken into account the cost of qual'ing a drive? PC manufacturers may not be interested in qual'ing a drive that has limited capacity. It is my understanding that if you qual a drive family you are left with the option of shipping the pc with a 1, 2 or 3 platter version of the drive. Thus you can offer your customers the option of say 4.3GB storage on the base model or 6.4GB or 8.4GB or 13GB for an additional fee. Some PC vendors may shy away from drive families that are limited to 8.4GB because the lack of the 13GB option makes the whole PC look like it is limited. By the way, I like the grasping for straws tone that most of these posts are taking. We are trying to find a concrete reason for the pounding that these companies have taken when one really does not exist. This is the blackness that has signaled a dawn around the corner in the past. Henry

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