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Seagate VS. Hitachi

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May 26, 2008
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Hi all,

I was just wondering about this. Two of my friends both purchased a 15" 2.8 Ghz UMBP. They are both equipped with the 7200 rpm HDD's. One of them is a Hitachi while the other is a Seagate. My question is, which one is better? Is there a difference?

Thanks!
 
The 7200 RPM Seagate's are traditionally fast then other drives. Ive also had a few Seagate hard drivers and never had a problem with them so I tend to feel they are a little better then other drivers.
 
Thanks for all your helpful input guys, this forum is by far the best I have ever been a part of!
 
My brother has called the Hitachi deskstar by deathstar--meaning it's unreliable. I don't know if Seagate is that much better, but some of their drives have 5 year warranties. That's what I plan on buying for my drobo.
 
Both drives vendors are good. However Hitachi has been superior to Seagate when it comes to 7200RPM notebook HDD speeds. They're slightly faster and i havent heard/read too many complaints
 
Hitachi all the way.

I have an expensive G-Tech drive and inside is a Hitachi. Its quiet and fast

I had a Mac Pro with a 320GB Seagate, it was SLOW and sluggish. I got a new Mac Pro and its got a Western Digital 320. It felt faster and verified this in an XBench test. It was faster by 20-25%
 
daneoni said:
Both drives vendors are good. However Hitachi has been superior to Seagate when it comes to 7200RPM notebook HDD speeds. They're slightly faster and i havent heard/read too many complaints
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Thats not true. Seagate has the upper hand in 7200 RPM notebook drive performance.
 
sparkie7 said:
Hitachi all the way.

I have an expensive G-Tech drive and inside is a Hitachi. Its quiet and fast

I had a Mac Pro with a 320GB Seagate, it was SLOW and sluggish. I got a new Mac Pro and its got a Western Digital 320. It felt faster and verified this in an XBench test. It was faster by 20-25%
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I also have a G-technology drive with a Hitachi inside that has been excellent. My previous and current MacBook Pro's have both had Hitachi drives inside, which have been quiet, smooth, and reliable, although not the fastest by any means. I have also used Seagate drives in the past and have found them to be good drives as well, but not nearly as quiet nor as smooth as the Hitachi drives I have used recently. I haven't tried the new Seagate drive but after reading recent reviews my thoughts are that while faster, the Seagate drives is probably less comfortable to use.
 
Bill Gates said:
I also have a G-technology drive with a Hitachi inside that has been excellent. My previous and current MacBook Pro's have both had Hitachi drives inside, which have been quiet, smooth, and reliable, although not the fastest by any means. I have also used Seagate drives in the past and have found them to be good drives as well, but not nearly as quiet nor as smooth as the Hitachi drives I have used recently. I haven't tried the new Seagate drive but after reading recent reviews my thoughts are that while faster, the Seagate drives is probably less comfortable to use.
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hey Bill, never thought I'd see the day you'd use a Mac. A MBP 15 no less :p you must have lost a bet with steve :D
 
I'm loving my WD 500gig Scorpio Blue in my MBP. It's quiet, cool and almost as fast as a 7200rpm WD 320gig Scorpio Black in many tests. It beats almost all 5400 rpm drives with ease, and is a two-platter drive which helps it with speed compared to the Hitachi (former IBM drives...) and Samsung 500gig drives, which are three-platter drives.

I considered looking for the Seagate momentus 7200rpm 500gig drive, but they're hard to find, cost about $50 more than my WD500, and don't have as good a buyer rating at Newegg.com. That's what convinced me in the end, and I've been pleasantly surprised that it's better than I even expected. If you don't absolutely need 7200 rpm, compare any drive you're considering with this one, too.
 
What tests did you run?

pdxflint said:
I'm loving my WD 500gig Scorpio Blue in my MBP. It's quiet, cool and almost as fast as a 7200rpm WD 320gig Scorpio Black in many tests. It beats almost all 5400 rpm drives with ease, and is a two-platter drive which helps it with speed compared to the Hitachi (former IBM drives...) and Samsung 500gig drives, which are three-platter drives.

I considered looking for the Seagate momentus 7200rpm 500gig drive, but they're hard to find, cost about $50 more than my WD500, and don't have as good a buyer rating at Newegg.com. That's what convinced me in the end, and I've been pleasantly surprised that it's better than I even expected. If you don't absolutely need 7200 rpm, compare any drive you're considering with this one, too.
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HI there,

I also have the same WD 500 drive. and was considering getting the new seagate 7200. have you seen any test results of these 2 drives performance??

thanks!

Derrick
 
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