Maxtor and Quantam

[FatBurger]

Hmm...why haven't I heard anything about this?

I went to Maxtor's site, and lo and behold, the Fireball Plus AS I was looking to buy a while back. "What?" I think, "I thought that was a Quantam drive."

So over to Quantam's website, where it states: "Where have all the hard drives gone? Over to Maxtor, every one. Visit their website for information and support."

Since when does Maxtor produce Quantam's drives? I didn't know about that.

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[Lars_Coleman]

They merged! Quantum sucked so Maxtor bought out there hdd department.

<font color=green>"Your call will be answered by the next available Tech Support representative"</font color=green>

 

[FatBurger]

Yeah, I found that out. Strange I never heard anything. Oh well.

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[Arrow]

It was quite a while back.

Rob
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[FatBurger]

That's what I'm finding out, I just assumed that there wouldn't be any more drives that still say Quantam on them.

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[Guest]

No. But you might be interested in this:

<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/cgi-bin/archives.cgi?category=1&view=6-01" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/cgi-bin/archives.cgi?category=1&view=6-01</A>

Leo

 

[FatBurger]

I looked at the whole page (it was huge), but couldn't find anything about Maxtor and Quantam.

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My Athlon can beat your Ferrari off the line.

 

[Guest]

Oops, I gave you all the news for June. The one I had in mind is the very first one, though. Here is a more explicit link:

<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=993894789" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=993894789</A>

Leo

 

[FatBurger]

Cool, thanks.

Interesting to choose a 'K' for Quantam and a 'D' for Maxtor. Why can't they use something that makes sense?

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My Athlon can beat your Ferrari off the line.

 

[Guest]

Here is another bit about Maxtor's acquisition of Quantum's hard drive division. The following is a quote of the recent review of Maxtor Atlas 10K III (used to be developed as Quantum Atlas 10K III, but now released as Maxtor) at <A HREF="http://www.StorageReview.com" target="_new">http://www.StorageReview.com</A>:

Quantum has since them merged with ATA powerhouse Maxtor. Though the deal was allegedly forged to break Quantum's manufacturing dependence on Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics, a multi-billion dollar Japanese conglomerate, the net effect from our point of view is Maxtor's return to the SCSI arena. Though originally announced under the Quantum name, the Atlas 10k III represents Maxtor's first SCSI product in years.

 

[FatBurger]

Thanks again

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