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the 6th jackson
02-28-2004, 08:55 PM
Which drive would you recommend me purchasing out of these two and why.

1. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-154-401&catalog=14&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

2. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-326&catalog=14&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0
TheJackal
02-28-2004, 08:57 PM
If it was me, I would go for the Maxtor drive, as both are the same capacity, same RPM, and have the same cache, but the Maxtor is $30 cheaper.
ric449
02-29-2004, 07:55 AM
I would go with the seagate, it has a lower seek time.
RJ
02-29-2004, 07:58 AM
I would go with Maxtor because that is a quality hard drive. Seagate is just crap. It seems that newer Seagates are quality products again, but unless they prove to run for at least 4 years without problems I don't trust them again. Every Seagate (except one) that my friends and I had is dead.

RJ
Mac Medic
02-29-2004, 08:37 AM
I would use this

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=309695&pfp=SEARCH

and this

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=304907&pfp=cat3

and save a bit of money.
glc
02-29-2004, 05:20 PM
Of those 2, I'd get the Maxtor for 2 reasons:

1. Cheaper

2. Better than Seagate in my opinion.

They are both 8mb cache drives and are Firewire capable. I much prefer Firewire to USB 2.0, it's a lot less flaky.

However, if I were buying an external prebuilt drive, I'd get this one:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-214&catalog=14&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1

Yeah, it's expensive, but it's huge and I prefer WD.
imbest123
02-29-2004, 05:40 PM
From the 2 in the beginning I would choose the Maxtor only because they are bette quality than Seagate.
ric449
02-29-2004, 06:33 PM
Are seagate really that bad? I was looking into buying a new hard drive, and the seagate model was at a higher price than the western digital, and the maxtor, and had better specs.
TheJackal
02-29-2004, 07:12 PM
Just because the Seagate was more expensive, doesn't mean its of better, or even equal quality.
ric449
02-29-2004, 07:13 PM
I know that, I was talking about the higher specs.
glc
02-29-2004, 07:43 PM
I prefer proven reliability to raw specs.