Generation Z: A Disposable Community
Ten years ago, hard drives were sold with a warranty of 10 years or something like that. And they came in smaller capacities. Now they come in bigger capacities and with shorter warranties.
I bought a hard drive last October because I was worried about the somewhat clicking sound my other hard drive was making, and it housed my music. So I bought a new hard drive (because I can) and moved all my music there with the intention of organizing them and THEN burning them to DVDs. It had 1 month Advanced Warranty Replacement which meant that if it breaks in one month, I could get a replacement immediately, and the standard warranty of 1 year, which meant that if it breaks after the first month, I’ll have to wait another month to get a new one.
That clicking hard drive still works. The one I bought crashed.
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2 December, 2007 (22:24) | Life, Tech | By: Mi

Mi is a 20-something-year-old tech support agent, wanna-be singer, wanna-be musician, frustrated photographer without a camera, blogger, observer, weirdo, and 













