Is there a big difference between Seagate 7200.11 and 7200.12 drives?

[Tamaneko]

Does the difference mean anything significant?

 

[TC91]

The .12 drives use 500gb platters

 

[Syntax Error]

The 7200.11s had some iffy firmwares as well.

 

[n7]

Considering the number of dead .11s i've seen, not to mention the good times with firmware, i'd eschew them all.

 

[Red Irish]

STAY AWAY! I returned a motherboard, which was probably in perfect order, and spent hours investigating before I identified the firmware on a brand new Seagate drive as the culprit on my latest build. I think Maxtor is the same company (can somebody confirm?).

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Red Irish
I think Maxtor is the same company (can somebody confirm?).

Seagate purchased Maxtor a couple of years ago. Supposedly, Maxtor's designs were abandoned. Because the name "Maxtor" had higher recognition in the home market, Seagate's marketing plan was to make Maxtor their "value line".

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: n7
Considering the number of dead .11s i've seen, not to mention the good times with firmware, i'd eschew them all.

I'd rather eschew obfuscation.😉 And while I own a 640GB 7200.11, which I like as much as my Western Digital 6400AAKS, there have been problems with them. Besides, why buy last year's model, when it's only a few dollars cheaper? I've been dreaming about 500GB platters for quite awhile now.

 

[sdifox]

I am un-happy to report my less than 3 month old 1TB 7200.12 drive has lost its partition info... And of course it is my boot drive.

Seagate is pissing me off... This was a replacement drive for a ...wait for it... Seagate 7200.10 500GB that was serving as my boot drive ...I wanted to ghost the drive before RMAing it.

Sigh, I guess I am moving to Hitachis then. I have over 8TB of Seagate drive space...

Meanwhile, my good old WD160 is still kicking strong in my Athlon 700... Along with a maxtor 320 and a Maxtor 40.