From: John Olyarchuk (jgo_at_genome.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Sun Jul 09 2000 - 15:48:51 EDT
Interesting. So the mfr/bus units are individual cost-centers. I have a
strong preference for IBM's 3.5 inch ATA drives particularly because they
are quiet. I don't know much about the laptop drives, although it sounds
like Toshiba's may be better. For some components, such as the LCD panel,
I have read that IBM has the best quality and I would hope to get that
when buying a thinkpad. Maybe not...?
John
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Michael Geary wrote:
> > I thought that IBM manufactured laptop hard disks and even OEM'd them to
> > other laptop makers. Am I mistaken? Why are their high-end machines
> > shipping with Toshiba and Hitachi drives? Who makes the new 20GB drive in
> > the t20 and A20?
>
> Yes, IBM manufactures hard drives and sells them to other notebook makers.
> They also buy drives from other manufacturers for their own notebooks. It's
> a pretty standard business practice these days: One division of the company
> doesn't get to be the exclusive supplier for other divisions; they have to
> compete with other suppliers.
>
> -Mike
>
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