I'm looking for a 500+gb internal HD for my Mac Pro, but can't decide on which one, or even where to purchase it. Any recommendations? Thanks.
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Western Digital or Seagate internal HD for a Mac Pro?
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A lot of people's bias towards particular brands is baseless. For example; say I bought a Samsung drive because I'd read reviews saying they were really quiet (which I did), and say this Samsung drive has been abused for over 2 years with no issues (it has). Because of that, I would build up a trust in Samsung drives and would be more likely to buy them.
In general, HDDs are HDDs. Just get the fastest/biggest/whatever you're looking for-est you can.
In general, HDDs are HDDs. Just get the fastest/biggest/whatever you're looking for-est you can.
The new 7200.10 hdds from Seagate are supposedly faster than anything the other guys have in that price range. I got a 250gb 7200.10 seagate drive a couple weeks ago and its great, very fast (~80mb/s) and totally silent.
(seagate strangely puts a jumper on their hdd's that limits them to SATA 1 speeds, you need to remove it to enable SATA 2, remember that if you ever get a sata2 seagate drive)
(seagate strangely puts a jumper on their hdd's that limits them to SATA 1 speeds, you need to remove it to enable SATA 2, remember that if you ever get a sata2 seagate drive)
I went to a local Apple user group meeting recently and an HD data recovery specialist was a guest speaker. He spoke VERY highly of Seagate HD's!! Seagate was #2 at the top of his list.
#1 Samsung, #2 Seagate, #3 Hitachi ...very bottom of his list - W. D.
He said Maxtor drives are good, but were bought out by Seagate.
Quantums, in early iMacs were good, but are now gone.
He said W.D. and Seagate HD's are made with a very different set of quality standards. Seagate's are very high...
None of his ratings were based on loud vs. quiet, speed, price, rebates or warranties. It was based on only one thing...drive failures.
#1 Samsung, #2 Seagate, #3 Hitachi ...very bottom of his list - W. D.
He said Maxtor drives are good, but were bought out by Seagate.
Quantums, in early iMacs were good, but are now gone.
He said W.D. and Seagate HD's are made with a very different set of quality standards. Seagate's are very high...
None of his ratings were based on loud vs. quiet, speed, price, rebates or warranties. It was based on only one thing...drive failures.