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Second HD for Dual2 G5...recommends?
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I am looking to get the biggest internal drive I can buy which I gather is 250gb. Does anyone have any advice or recoomendations on a good drive? Maxtor vs Western Digital? any input would help. Thanks
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I've always heard good things about Western Digital and haven't had any trouble with them at all.
Did have a minor problem with maxtor in my old beige G3. Never lost any data, but whenever I'd put the machine to sleep, upon awakening I could never get the maxtor drive to spin up. Only thru restarting could I get it to work again.
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Seagate.
Most reliable and quiestest drives on the planet.
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I have used Western Digital with no problems. I dont know on sata drives though... If seagates are fast and quiet, I would go with them. My western digital 7200 drive has worked flawlessly for the past 4 years. I would say go with the one that is on sale.
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I bought a 250 WD from NewEgg.com for $290 I think and it's been fine for 5 months + now. Down to $226 now. Good drive, good price and good reseller.
-Jerry C.
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IBM/HItachi drives fail, Maxtor drives fail, Seagate drives fail, Samsung drives fail, Western Digital drives fail. Right now I'm listening to the death screams of 2 WD drives that I don't feel like replacing at this moment.
Go with any of them. Try and find a drive with a 3 year warranty. And remember to do backups.
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What brand is the 160GB included with the G5? My G5 just got delayed *again*, and I won't see it until monday... It's not like delivery time of over a month is frustrating or anything... Noooo... 
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Dual 2GHz G5, 9800Pro, 2.5GB, BT, iSight
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Western Digital vote here. Awesome, quiet, reliable drives. 
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I have had just about EVERY maxtor that my mac had either come with or bought on my own fail in less then a year. I got a brand new 120 gig one 2 months ago and yesterday it started to grind. Good thing they have good support!
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Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
Seagate.
Most reliable and quiestest drives on the planet.
Dude, their SCSI drives may be quiet, but their SATA drives are freakin' loud.
That said, I have 2 Seagates. I do trust them as a drive manufacturer. Next I'd choose Western Digital.
Maxtor, I don't trust them for some reason. And IBM is not in the picture anymore, thank goodness.
Hard drives are kind of a crap shoot.
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MacBook Pro C2D 2.16GHz 2GB 120GB OSX 10.4.9, Boot Camp 1.2, Vista Home Premium
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Originally posted by sodamnregistered2:
That said, I have 2 Seagates. I do trust them as a drive manufacturer. Next I'd choose Western Digital.
Maxtor, I don't trust them for some reason. And IBM is not in the picture anymore, thank goodness.
We all have our prejudices I guess. Western Digital is at the bottom of my list. Next to the now-defunct Connor, WD has been the most troublesome to me over the years. Since Maxtor is Quantum, and I always had good luck with Quantum, I like them. I've got a Seagate in my G5, and it's fine, if a bit loud.
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I have a Maxtor, WD, and Seagate drive. No problems with any of them.
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Originally posted by sodamnregistered2:
Dude, their SCSI drives may be quiet, but their SATA drives are freakin' loud.
That said, I have 2 Seagates. I do trust them as a drive manufacturer. Next I'd choose Western Digital.
Maxtor, I don't trust them for some reason. And IBM is not in the picture anymore, thank goodness.
Hard drives are kind of a crap shoot.
storagereview.com, tomshardware.com, and others have rated Seagate SATAs as the quietest drives around. I'm not saying yours aren't loud, but it's by no means universal. I have two and I never notice them.
I agree with you that reliability is pretty much a crapshoot. I've owned everything but IBMs and never had a problem. I think reliability is so good now overall that you can't go wrong with any make, but each makes the occasional lemon.
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