Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I was just making an assumption given that so many things are manufactured in China these days. I stand corrected. Good to know since I generally prefer to avoid Chinese products, and it so happens that most of my external HDDs are indeed WD. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 28 Sep 2015, at 18:17, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> wrote: > > No, they aren?t all manufactured in China, Nathan. Where did you get this > idea? > > Most of WD?s drives are manufactured in Malaysia where literally fleets of > 747s cart them away. SE Asia is definitely the place to manufacture gear > like this. > > The reported issue with Seagate drives a while back came from faulty > firmware in the drive, as I recall, not from the drive mechanicals. > > It?s astounding that magnetic recording is still following its growth > curve after all these years as new understanding/new materials/new > techniques allow information density to continue to increase. > > Adam > >> On Sep 27, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> They all use the same contract manufacturers in China, so I very much >> doubt that there are systematic differences between brands. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information