I've been running a Seagate 1TB for about 3 months now with no problems.
> 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
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