Hitachi Hard Drives

[Masaki 7-11]

Are Hitachi hard drives any good? I plan on getting a 500GB laptop hard drive and the Hitachi hard drives are about 30% less expensive than the next competitor. I don't have that much experience with them; I've had 2 or 3 drives that I've had come preinstalled in laptops, these hard drives worked OK, and are still running (I've had them for about 1.5 years).

[glc]

Hitachi notebook drives are okay. They are not my first choice but I don't avoid them.

[Rick Hall]

I have never had any problems with Hitachi drives and I have had a few of them.

[liambl]

Have dealt with a few too, some for a few years. Not a single problem. Looks like you're good to go on the Hitachi.