I think "times have changed" can be generalized into "times will change". My experience has been that any rule about "brand X is the best" or "brand Y is the w

I think "times have changed" can be generalized into "times will change". My experience has been that any rule about "brand X is the best" or "brand Y is the worst" only lasts for a short time--each hard drive technology "generation" seems to reshuffle the reliability matrix. Whoever was on top in 2009 has almost no bearing on who's on top in 2014, or who will be in 2019.