External Hard drive: Maxtor or WD

[GoatHerderEd]

If anyone has any experiance with an external hard drive from maxtor or WD, let me know. I want to recomend one to my boss. I feel that maxtor is better, but i dont know why. What is the easiest to use??

 

[Kilgore65]

Go with Seagate. Maxtor and WD both suck. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1563159

 

[Zucarita9000]

Originally posted by: Kilgore65
Go with Seagate. Maxtor and WD both suck. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1563159

Why does WD suck? I've owned around 10 WD hard drives for years and none of them failed (however I did have a Maxtor showing SMART warning signals).

I have three in my setup and one inside an external USB enclosure... they're great products. Very quiet and fast.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000

Why does WD suck? I've owned around 10 WD hard drives for years and none of them failed (however I did have a Maxtor showing SMART warning signals).

Well, for me, WD sucks. I've never had any luck with them over the years. Then again I've had several Maxtor's take a crap too. But I've never had a Seagate fail... of course this is all anecdotal so YMMV.

 

[Kilgore65]

Zuc, read my link on my initial post: It will illustrate why WD sux.

 

[CraigRT]

avoid Maxtor... anything else, open season.

Seagate or WD would be fine w/me, but Seagate preferable.