Seagate also might have firmware problems with 750 && 1TB as well.
Seagate fucked the pooch on this one, I'm not buying them for awhile.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 07:47:11PM -0800, Winterlight wrote:
> At 07:02 PM 1/30/2009, you wrote:
>> Sorry! I should've been more clear; my RAID comment was more
>> tongue-in-cheek; I was thining Drobo but heard bad things about it. I'm not
>> necessarily looking for RAID; just looking for drives that will be reliable
>> and last and not crap out on me and lose my data! Thoughts on what to go
>> with?
>>
>> BINO
>
> Well, there were some firmware problems for the Seagate 1.5 TB drive
> when it first appeared. That has apparently been resolved. Maximum PC
> this month compares this drive to the Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB
> in their head to head feature, and picks the Seagate as the one to buy
> primarily for value for the money but also for it's quick performance.
>
> They actually said the best choice is both drives, one for programs and
> one for media. I have the Velociraptor and will probably get the
> Seagate... 1.5TB of high performance for 130 bucks is hard to beat
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Bryan G. Seitz
