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From: JimR on 18 Jun 2010 23:56 What is the difference between a bare drive vs. one that appears to be in consumer packaging? Is it just the packaging. For 5 bux difference, I can skip the glossy box. Thanks, JimR
From: Rod Speed on 19 Jun 2010 00:13 JimR wrote: > What is the difference between a bare drive vs. one that appears to be in consumer packaging? Just some basics like screws and a jumper diagram usually. > Is it just the packaging. Pretty much. > For 5 bux difference, I can skip the glossy box. Yeah, its no use to you.
From: Arno on 19 Jun 2010 12:14 JimR <NoNotReally(a)notmyemail.com> wrote: > What is the difference between a bare drive vs. one that appears to be > in consumer packaging? Is it just the packaging. For 5 bux difference, > I can skip the glossy box. No difference in the drive, however you mau get different warranty periods and you may get mounting material and/or extra software with the drive in a box. Usually not worth the price difference. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno(a)wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans
From: GMAN on 19 Jun 2010 15:32 In article <7prte7-hjd.ln1(a)oneyv.dyndns.org>, JimR <NoNotReally(a)notmyemail.com> wrote: >What is the difference between a bare drive vs. one that appears to be >in consumer packaging? Is it just the packaging. For 5 bux difference, >I can skip the glossy box. > >Thanks, >JimR Alot of times the bare drive only has a warranty thru who sold it to you. In other words, if it was a bare drive meant to be installed in dell computers or a manufacturer, and you buy that drive from some street vender or strip mall store, you might be out of luck if they go out of business or dont backup their drives. If you buy a retail package drive , you get the full warranty of the manufacturer.
From: Ian D on 19 Jun 2010 20:15
"GMAN" <Winniethepooh(a)100acrewoods.org> wrote in message news:hX8Tn.225131$vX7.48757(a)en-nntp-11.dc1.easynews.com... > In article <7prte7-hjd.ln1(a)oneyv.dyndns.org>, JimR > <NoNotReally(a)notmyemail.com> wrote: >>What is the difference between a bare drive vs. one that appears to be >>in consumer packaging? Is it just the packaging. For 5 bux difference, >>I can skip the glossy box. >> >>Thanks, >>JimR > Alot of times the bare drive only has a warranty thru who sold it to you. > In > other words, if it was a bare drive meant to be installed in dell > computers or > a manufacturer, and you buy that drive from some street vender or strip > mall > store, you might be out of luck if they go out of business or dont backup > their drives. If you buy a retail package drive , you get the full > warranty of > the manufacturer. > Actually, it's sort of the opposite. For warranty, it's best to buy an OEM drive. Taking Western Digital for instance, the OEM drives usually have 3 to 5 year warrantees. The same drive in a retail package from a big box retailer will only have a one year warranty. In both cases the warranty is directly through WD, as it is for the other HD manufacturers. Also, an HD warranty is usually based on the date of manufacturer, with a bit extra for distribution channel time. A drive bought from a big box may have been sitting on the shelf, or in their warehouse for months, whereas OEM drives from small computer stores are usually current stock. Any OEM drives I've bought from smaller retailers have usually been manufactured within the preceeding two months. Smaller operations usually carry minimal stock, and reorder frequently as needed. WD has a utility on their sit where you can enter a drive's serial number to get the warranty expiry date. |