VIA Hardware has posted an Editorial on the IBM 120GXP hard drive issue, in regards to their 333 hour of operation verbiage.

To some, this is simply IBM covering the bases of liability by stating the drives should only be used eight hours a day, but means nothing else. Others of you have expressed grave concern that the newly-emphasized 333 hour limitation is, in fact, a tacit admission by IBM of problems with the 120, 75, and 60 GXP drives.

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