The WD looks nice, I see NewEgg has the 750G refurb for $99. Nice price but I am not sure what to expect with a refurb. The new one is $169.99 so I suspect a lot of people might think twice about a refurb hard drive....
-- Gary http://www.twigsandtracks.com Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks Blog: Painted Falls<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2011/06/25/painted-falls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=painted-falls> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > I just don't believe one can make solid statements (and be credible) about > the reliability of hard drives...but for me the WD is a good choice. You > need a black, IMO, for video work. > > > > > On 2/22/2012 11:40 AM, Gary Udstrand wrote: > >> Finally took the plunge and ordered a new laptop. For the primary drive I >> opted for the SSD drive and am planning on adding additional storage to >> the >> other bay. I like the capacity of the 1TB WD and Samsung drives but a >> second look at their performance has me looking at other drives. >> >> In the 750G range there appears to be two 7200RPM options, the Seagate >> Momentus and the Western Digital. I would like the drive to be fast >> (doing video, audio and digital photo work) but it needs to be reliable >> too. One of these rise above the other? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Gary >> http://www.twigsandtracks.com >> Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints >> Twigs and Tracks Blog: Painted >> Falls<http://blog.**twigsandtracks.com/2011/06/25/** >> painted-falls/?utm_source=rss&**utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=** >> painted-falls<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2011/06/25/painted-falls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=painted-falls> >> > >> >>
