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IBM in the last year has come under fire for having failure rates several times that of competitors.
The failure rates are still small(<10% by all counts) and the vast majority of users have never had any problems with the drives. The problem is that because these fail so much more than competitors, A majority of people who have had any drives fail on them have had IBM drives fail on them. This turns any HDD advice column that deals with failed drives into an anti-IBM site.
In a Storagereview.com interview recently, they told them that their new 120gxp line should not be used for more than 8 hours a day. As many people leave their drives on for a majority of the day, this angered a whole hell of a lot of people, and doomed them in the computer-enthusiest market. The 8 hours thing was probably just a precaution so they could say to the people complaining about failure rates "You used it out of spec and voided the warranty," or just to rebuke allegations of bad drive quality. Even so, I will not be buying from them anytime soon, as you can get superior products for less in most cases.
When you were buying from them, more than a year ago, you were buying for a good, solid drive from a brand you knew would still be around in 10 years. 75gxp's were fine drives, probably some of the best on the market when they came out, but nothing stood out, there were no killer features. They were dominant mostly because other drive manufacturers were often(In the mainstream consumer/home power user market) distant also-rans. IBM used to be the Intel of the HDD market. You were buying mostly on name. In the last year more and more HD manufacturers have made better and better drives, and because of the gxp reliability issue and the 8 hours thing, IBM's brand name has been dirtied. There is simply little reason to buy from them anymore over other, better drives.
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Personally, I will not be buying from them anytime soon, I can get a drive thats less likely to fail on me from somewhere else. I just do not need that headache.
Still an OK deal though, 7200rpm 60GB anything is good at $100.