Tuesday November 27, 2007

- Apple looking into claims of faulty Seagate HDs in MacBooks - Cheerful - 18:59:51

Source : Register

Following up on the earlier report, Apple is now looking into the issue.

Indeed, 'backup' is the keyword these days.

With growing HD capacities (2.5" 320GB & 3.5" 1TB) , users tend to have more to lose than before. Instead of stressing oneself with the ordeal of costly (both time and $) data recovery, let us make it a point to schedule frequent backups, especially when one is dealing with mission critical work. If you are using 10.5, Leopard, one is blessed with Apple's Time Machine (backup software). All you need now --- reliable external HD(s) and cultivating diligent work ethics. You're pretty much covered then.

Clarke believes Apple should recall all of its computers fitted with such a drive and provide owners with free replacements. The drives, he claimed, are not being manufactured to a sufficiently high standard, a result of low-cost production in China, rather than a flaw in the drives' design.

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