I voted for WD cause I love my Raptor drive, but I also have a Maxtor. I actually like the original Quantums the best. I think they could've gone far beyond today's Maxtors if the development team had not been assimilated.
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I voted for WD cause I love my Raptor drive, but I also have a Maxtor. I actually like the original Quantums the best. I think they could've gone far beyond today's Maxtors if the development team had not been assimilated.
Same with me. I like maxtors, but I'm getting a raptor, and they're supposed to be sweet.
I have had alota issues with the WD drives so thats why i have been a maxtor fan 4life ;)
Indeed they are. I'm saving up to get a second Raptor for RAID 0. Too bad they're only 36GBs.Quote:
Originally posted by stereosteve99
Same with me. I like maxtors, but I'm getting a raptor, and they're supposed to be sweet.
My computer is on a strict Seagate only diet.
I mean, reliable, silent and dirt cheap, it doesn't get much better. :)
I use Western Digital and so far that's pretty much the only brand I'll buy again. I've had troubles with Maxtor drives and until my run of bad luck with them goes away, it'll be WD, maybe Seagate if I feel like it.
I've used every drive on that list except QPS, along with a handful of others. (I've never seen a drive actually made by Lacie. As far as I know, they only OEM drives from other manufacturers. I've had a stack of Lacie drives made by Quantum.) I haven't really developed an allegiance to one manufacturer or another, and have had similar failure rates at different times from each of them. Every manufacturer seems to have had a problem model or two -- particularly IBM recently, and Quantum before they were acquired by Maxtor.
I have:
1 IBM 60GB 60GXP hard drive
1 WD 160GB SE hard drive
Failed on me:
1 IBM 60GB 60GXP hard drive
1 IBM 45GB 75GXP hard drive
I can honestly say that if IBM didnt sell there HD Business, I would be buying the 180GXP :)
I prefer IBM drives to all the other companies out... Yes I know I am sick!