Anyone questioning reliability of this drive? I've heard numerous complaints about WD drives failing prematurely. Why should this be any different?
The benchmark scores make me want to definitely buy it, but if it is going to fail right away, I'll wait.
Hmm I did have one WD drive that failed prematurely, but then proceeded to RMA it. By fail, I mean the SMART status indicated it was failing, so I was able to backup my data first and then RMA'd the drive to WD for a replacement. Beyond that, I've put WD drives in my new MBP, my old MB, my brothers MB, and my dads iMac, and they are still running strong. Defective products are just the risk you take as a consumer!
I did find an amazon link to buy one, but I'm going to wait and see if it comes back to Newegg and is maybe closer to $100.
LINK TO BUY 9.5 MM WD BLUE 1TB 5400RPM DRIVE:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-2-5-Inch-Notebook/dp/B005DVJJWQ
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