For those that have built PCs long enough, you probably remember a time when several hard drive manufacturers routinely offered 7-year warranties. Western Digital was one of them. They proudly stated that their HDDs would last that span of time easily. Then at one point, most of the 7-year warranties on HDDs vanished. What happened? What happened is that some of...

No matter where you purchase any computer product, from an entire system to a USB flash drive, inevitably you will be asked if you want to purchase an extended warranty on the item. While you might have an involuntary reflex of answering “no”, experience has proven to me this is not always the best answer. Where I’m Coming From As the primary...