I understand IBM sold off its hard disk drive line recently; I don't
> know why. Peripherals used to be quite profitable.
Whether there's a connection or not, I don't know. But they sold the line to Hitachi shortly after what appeared to be defects in their
60GXP and 75GXP models of drives. These "DeskStar" drives had become widely known as "DeathStar" drives, due to drive failures.
Dave