I build niche systems for a few govt agencys who need to manipulate large files (maps, photos etc...) and have tested and deployed several of these because they make a huge difference in the ability for them to do their jobs. All the jmicrons i tested found homes on ebay because they really sucked. Although I've had Indillix drives, I haven't put any in the field because I see too many horror stories at OCZ forums with failures. Intels do everything we need at this point and have no issues that have cause me any headaches yet!
I've also used Bing Cash Back, taken advantage of price mistakes (like Buy.com selling 160gb drives at 80gb prices). I learned long ago that if you want to play on the expensive cutting edge you can mitigate your depreciation by not getting to attached to anything and selling at the first-best opportunity. I replaced all the G1's I had out as soon as the G2's came out and sold the G1s on ebay for very little difference... and will do the same when the next best comes out.
I've also used Bing Cash Back, taken advantage of price mistakes (like Buy.com selling 160gb drives at 80gb prices). I learned long ago that if you want to play on the expensive cutting edge you can mitigate your depreciation by not getting to attached to anything and selling at the first-best opportunity. I replaced all the G1's I had out as soon as the G2's came out and sold the G1s on ebay for very little difference... and will do the same when the next best comes out.
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Why and what have you learned?