Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSeagate opens an eBay store to sell refurbished hard drives — 22TB drives for $311www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkSeagate opens an eBay store to sell refurbished hard drives — 22TB drives for $311www.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoAgreed regarding Seagate’s brand perception for consumer HDDs. I would also not risk buying these refurbs, unless it was literally for something that I didn’t care about.
minus-squareRBG@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days agoIn German the name has been used for a joke. “Sie geht oder sie geht nicht”, it works or it doesn’t work, sounds a lot like Seagate when you pronounce it German.
Agreed regarding Seagate’s brand perception for consumer HDDs.
I would also not risk buying these refurbs, unless it was literally for something that I didn’t care about.
In German the name has been used for a joke. “Sie geht oder sie geht nicht”, it works or it doesn’t work, sounds a lot like Seagate when you pronounce it German.
that’s pretty funny :)