Surely a CMS-based system is the most efficient and maintainable approach?

If I was paying somebody to construct a site for me, you can bet that long-term extensibility and maintenance are going to be *very* high on the list of requirements.

Hand-coded websites, made by enthusiastic amateurs, don't fill me with confidence that both of these requirements will be fulfilled.

My lovely horse!

I do a lot of work with small businesses and domestic users.

Every single drive I've replaced in the last 12 months has been a Maxtor.

They have all been series 9, all in the 40-120 GB range.

In the same period I have not replaced drives by any other manufacturer.