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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (70776)	11/6/2007 10:59:42 AM
From: pyslent	Respond to of 213182

But Clarke is being honest since he does state that his sampling is too small to make any conclusions. That's a fair criticism-- I had a sample size of one when I recently made a similarly unfounded accusation. I would normally dismiss this type of report as ambulance chasing, but the timing of it has definitely caught my eye... Message 24002502 This is only the second HD failure I have ever experienced (the first being a 3G iPod). Hate to make unfounded accusations, but could it be an Apple thing? Macbooks do seem to to have a reputation for HD failure:

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (70776)	11/6/2007 11:23:05 AM
From: inaflash	Respond to of 213182

Reminds me of the IBM/Hitachi Deskstar (AKA "Deathstar"), which I had to replace several. There was a class action lawsuit over it, but like rebates, probably only a small fraction of those affected ever get compensated and the lawyers on both sides are the only ones that make out. Don't know how much of this impacted/accelerated the IBM to Hitachi transfer or who made the final settlement, but someone got stuck with the bill. en.wikipedia.org