tag:ask-leo.com,2008://5/tag:ask-leo.com,2008://5.12397- 2008-11-24T03:32:35Z Comments for Who should I believe? Movable Type 4.21-en tag:ask-leo.com,2008://5.12397-comment:40610 Comment from Steve Burgess on 2008-05-15 Steve Burgess http://unspecified Leo,

I agree with everything you’ve said & would like to add one or two more: It depends on your application and it depends on your perspective (much like your personal experience, as you mentioned). In the data recovery business (23 years for me so far) there are often dominant vendors. For many years, Seagate sold half of all disk drives in the resale market. As a result, more Seagate drives than any other single brand failed and came into data recovery and computer repair shops. As a percentage of the drives they sold, they were no worse than most other brands, but as a percentage of failed drives seen overall, they were quite overrepresented. A lot of tecchies considered their drives to be crap as a result. For years, my favorite laptops were IBM ThinkPads and Mac Powerbooks because it was easiest to remove disk drives from them, and Quantum hard disks were my favorite because it was easiest to do head replacements on them – not necessarily the average user’s concerns! Another common example of perspective is whether to leave a computer running overnight, or turn it off every time you get up and of course, it depends! Here’s my six bits worth on the subject: http://datarecoveryworldwide.com/article_on_off.html
I’m always impressed with your accurate and valuable advice, Leo.

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 2008-05-15T15:44:47Z tag:ask-leo.com,2008://5.12397-comment:40532 Comment from Lynn Beeler on 2008-05-13 Lynn Beeler http://unspecified Very insightful answer. These concepts are extremely useful when trying to make a decision about different products. Two additional thoughts along this line: Before making a decision I will try to ask knowledgeable friends or relatives if they have a recommendation. A conversation on the item in question can reveal a lot. Second, consider those products that offer a free trial period when trying to decide the use of one software item over another. Hands on usage in a trial period is often the determining factor for me.

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