עכשיו זה רישמי כמעט כל יבואני הדיסקים בארץ לרבות מקסטור וסייגט ו WD החלו לישלוח אניפורמציה למשווקים על צימצום האחריות לדיסקים שימכרו אחרי ה 1 לאוקטובר !!

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Hi ,

Please note that the attached file .

As off October 1st , all WD drives will have 1 year warranty only ,

except the "JB " that will have 3 years .

Also attached an article that explains a little bit more .

Desktop HDD Warranties Dropping Why?

In the recent 10 days, both Maxtor and Western Digital

have announced that warranties for the vast majority

of desktop HDDs will now be one-year versus

three-years. Three-year warranties will still be in

place for the Maxtor MaXLine and Western Digital

"Drivezilla" performance products. Since Maxtor's

initial announcement, numerous questions about the

reasons behind the move, as well as the ramifications

have surfaced. The following is our view on the

reasons, and benefits, of such a move.

WHY? Simply stated, the move to one-year warranties

will save HDD companies significant money. As strange

as this may sound, many HDDs companies have

historically spent more money on warranty costs and

customer service issues per drive, than they have on

other key elements (such as marketing, sales etc;).

The task in tracking such a vast numbers of drives

over a 3 year period (Over 100M HDDs) is burdensome to

nearly any existing system today. Additionally, nearly

all name brand PCs carry one-year warranties, so

aligning ones HDD portfolio with the standard PC

warranty looks to be a sensible move. According to one

HDD company, the cost (as an industry) for service

calls on an HDD is $5-$10 per call and go on to add

that most calls after the first year tend to be less substantial (in

terms of actual warranty issues) than those received in the first year.

These announcements Maxtor and WD have made will likely be followed by

the remaining desktop HDD suppliers in the coming weeks.

BENEFITS? Aside from the easy one financial the

biggest benefit is that this allows HDD companies to

no longer track a huge number of products over a

three-year period. The entire tracking process adds

little value to the company anyway. Additionally, the three-year

warranty period is forcing HDD suppliers to service capacity points that

are out of date and frankly useless. Imagine the calls an HDD supplier

gets today to "service" a 2-6 GB IDE desktop drive. When one examines

other products (MP3 players, printers, PCs, TVs, VCRs), it becomes

apparent that HDDs are one of the few technologies, which still offered

3-5 year warranties. Lastly, this warranty change should allow for HDD

suppliers to market products effectively. Low-end, mainstream products

will all (depending on the other suppliers) carry one-year warranties,

while performance or "special edition" products will offer enhanced

features like an 8 MB buffer and carry longer warranty periods.

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DIGITAL

לא מדויק.

בכל החברות הדיסקים ברמה הגבוהה כמו סקזי (כולם), MaxLine (מקסטור), Cavier SE 8MB של WD.

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