The Voices Made Me Do It.......................

[Mr.Noisy]

Well after much watching from afar and reading you guys offering great advice i made a mad on the spot decision and went for it, I Ordered the Mac Pro 2.66ghz quad, 4gb RAM, 7300gt card (can upgrade in future if i need to) 250gb HD, Bluetooth + EDR module & Wireless Keyboard & Mouse.
I will be Getting Adobe Design Suite Premium CS3 in a swap for my old AMD Pc from a friend who has lost the will to be a photographer anymore, so i'm very happy.
Now i do have 1 question, 'Hard Drives' ive been looking at some seagate barrcuda's i want 1x320gb & 2x500gb, but i know i want S-ATA II's but ive seen 7200.9 & 7200.10 advertised, what is the difference to me as the end user, will they both fit/work ok?
the one place ive been looking at is Ebuyer, any other recommendations?

I feel a whole lot better for making the decision to get rid of windows once and for all, and i have to offer my thanks to you guys for the great advice ive read here lately, making me realise i am doing the right thing.

[bld44]

7200.9s are fine as far as I know, but there was a firmware problem with some 7200.10s that only allowed the drive to run at half speed. Link (http://forums.macnn.com/65/power-mac-and-mac-pro/330172/the-seagate-mac-pro-compatibility-issue/)

[brooker]

Congrats on your purchase! You will love it, i'm sure.

The 7200.10's should be faster (higher areal density?), but it may not make much of a difference, especially if you will use the 2 500's in a raid0. I remember hearing about the compatibility issues being solved by a firmware update of some kind...

[Mr.Noisy]

Thanks guys, i think i'll have a look at the 7200.9's then, will also check out the 7200.10's but i don't think i'll go down that road, thanks again ;)

[Nuc]

Keep checking this link (http://shop4.outpost.com/%7BpTsxXufAv-rgDBKdxKhXQA**.node1%7D/product/4697788;jsessionid=pTsxXufAv-rgDBKdxKhXQA**.node1?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG&enableMenus=false). You can find it for $120 sometimes. I got two for this price and they were both 7200.10's. You might get the 7200.9's since it doesn't specify which.

Nuc

[bld44]

Keep checking this link (http://shop4.outpost.com/%7BpTsxXufAv-rgDBKdxKhXQA**.node1%7D/product/4697788;jsessionid=pTsxXufAv-rgDBKdxKhXQA**.node1?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG&enableMenus=false). You can find it for $120 sometimes. I got two for this price and they were both 7200.10's. You might get the 7200.9's since it doesn't specify which.

Nuc

I'd check newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150014+50001305+1035915133&name=Seagate) (link to seagate drive section). I just bought a 400 GB 7200.9 seagate for $89 shipped with no tax. Great drive.