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Although WD bought HGST [1], it is interesting WD performs worse than them. [1] https://www.wdc.com/about-wd/newsroom/announcements/wdc-acquires-hgst.html http
by azureel 9y ago
Although WD bought HGST [1], it is interesting WD performs worse than them.
[1] https://www.wdc.com/about-wd/newsroom/announcements/wdc-acquires-hgst.html https://www.wdc.com/about-wd/newsroom/announcements/wdc-acqu...
- rkuykendall-com 9y agoIt makes sense, right? Keep selling decent quality WD branded drives to consumers who don't care for best-in-industry MTTF, often in external enclosures, but buy HGST so you also get money from super nerds.
- simonh 9y agoThe way Black & Decker bought deWalt.
- Max_Mustermann 9y agoThey bought the Cadillac of shooting nails.
- jandrese 9y agoI have heard (third hand) that WD has been pretty hands off with the HGST part of the business thus far. It remains to be seen just how long that state of affairs can last.