wicked check this maxtor hard drive

Hi guys. I'm considering getting this hard drive. It's external (portable), stores a lot of space, and i can set up a RAID which means i won't have anymore dropped frames when i play HD video back on FCP.

I'm working on HD now for all time btw.

[www.maxtorsolutions.com]

the 600 GB one would cost me about $900 singapore dollars here.

I'm a noob at such things. so what do you guys thiNK? Cost-wise vs value?

I avoid anything with the word "maxtor" in it. I am a Seagate / Hitachi guy and will pay more for these drives.

...but that's just me.

- Joey



When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

> I avoid anything with the word "maxtor" in it. I am a Seagate / Hitachi guy
> and will pay more for these drives.
> ...but that's just me.

You and something like 60 per cent of the people in here, Joe...

Death to Maxtors and Lacies!

It's funny when I was at NAB I was talking to Matt Klinke from Lacie and one of his customers came up and spoke to us and he had something like 800 Lacie drives in various forms and factors and has only about 3 fail. Most of my drives at this time are Western Digital and some are Seagates but my Lacie SATA drive is over a year old and works great.

You're right, Dean...that is funny



When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

"Death to Maxtors and Lacies!"
Thanks Derek all of us with these drives are glad you cursed us. =)

A local Apple reseller in Nashville sells LaCie Firewire drives in box, and he has had so many of them go bad in the first 90 days, that he is seriously considering dropping them for good.

One store's experience!

k. but guys, like don't they make all drives the same these days? Just the brand name is different?


im checking out sea gates today.

>>> k. but guys, like don't they make all drives the same these days? Just the brand name is different? <<<

If that's the case...then why ask for preferences?

I don't use & recommend Seagate drives because I think the name is COOL. I have used different RAID schemes with Seagate Barracudas & Cheetahs in them for 10 years...never went down. I lost a Maxtor drive & a LaCie D2 (maxtor internals) within one year of purchase. I do not have time for those odds.

- Joey



When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.