Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500 GB Internal Hard Drive

Awesome drive and warranty

Strengths: 5-year warranty (longest in the industry), SATA-2 NCQ, Quiet

Weakness: SATA-2 mode not compatible with some Mac G5 systems (workaround available)

I've owned Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate drives, and I've stuck to Seagate drives for the last 6 years from the excellent experience I've had with them. The 5-year warranty is definitely a huge plus and mark of confidence from the manufacturer that these are the best drives in the industry. Not only that, they are perhaps the quietest operating drives in the industry. I use them...

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Awesome Capacity Drive

Strengths: Tons of storage space; 16MB Cache; SATAII; 300gbps; quiet; 5-year warranty

Weakness: Expensive; not preformatted; no cables or screws included

I have been a Seagate fan for about six-months now, previously using Western Digital. I have had one RMA with a drive, and it was fairly painless. In less than two weeks, they sent me a 400GB drive as a replacement for my 300GB drive! I just love the fact that they have a 5-year warranty! Indicates to me that they stand behind their product. I use this to host DVDs & MP3s that I have ripped, so...

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Exellent

Strengths: Alot faster than my original!

Weakness: I havent found one yet.

This product has went past my exspectations, my old hard drive is nothing comapred to this one, Its fast, no lockups, easy installation. I am able to store more than 3 times as much as my old one.