Maxtor vs. Seagate

[underground]

I need a new 3.5" SATA hard drive for my iMac. I've read tons of reviews and they seem mixed. People have told me to stay away from Maxtor, but I read a test online that said they perform better than Seagate.

Any thoughts?

Fry's has a 320GB Maxtor on sale for $65 (reg. $110) and the Seagate 320GB is $110, but drives are always on sale at Fry's, so I'm not worried about that...

 

[M BUTCHER 206]

the chances of either harddrive failing is way smaller than the chances of either harddrive lasting longer than your computer in general meaning you'll get a new comp before you'll need to get a new of either of those harddrives

i like western digital personally if you want stable and quiet

seagates good for having like 750gb and shit

 

[underground]

good point, although its a mac im sure it will last haha... but i get a new computer hella often so youre probably right!

 

[Likwid]

I've had both, both lasted for years.

 

[hella_numb]

good point, although its a mac im sure it will last haha... but i get a new computer hella often so youre probably right!

computers last for years, even non macs. they just are obsolete in 2-3 years.

and i'm a fan of western digital also. they make great external hard drives and i havent bought a internal hard drive for a while becuase if i get a new computer i just hook up my external to the new one and dont have to worry about moving shit.

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

seagate and maxtor are the same shit now. They merged. Western Digital is koo, i had a 250gb from them that died on me tho. So its the same hardrive you are buying just different name on it.

 

[DAT NIGGA TAZZ]

Megatron would whoop Maxtor and Seagate's asses

 

[DJ Coma]

All I gotta say is your best bet is to have another drive to back that one up. Even the best drives can fail on you and it's way cheaper to have a backup drive, and buy a new one if your main one fails, instead of having to send it off for data recovery.

 

[Impalas]

I've had a seagate external for two years nothing has ever gone wrong with it.