Which terabyte hard drive to buy?

TheChemist · TheChemist #1 (**permalink**)

01-15-2007, 06:06 PM

Hi,

I'm in the market to purchase a terabyte drive, but I'm not too sure of which companies are good and which to avoid.

I've been reading on various sites (including New Egg and the likes) and the feel I get is:

LaCie = anti-Christ in a box
Western Digital = Blow dryer in a box

Now, I appreciate the fact that 9/10 times people will post their complaints and not their praises.

So..... I'm turning to you ladies & gents to help me out.

Merci beaucoup

ste6168 · ste6168 #2 (**permalink**)

01-15-2007, 06:25 PM

I have pretty good luck with western digital and seagate drives. I have never owned and external seagate, but my WD is a little bit louder than i would like, i just listen to music to compensate haha

EDIT-XTREEM · EDIT-XTREEM #3 (**permalink**)

01-15-2007, 06:52 PM

I would go with the lacie... they are very well built and stand up to alot..

jmunson@airemus · jmunson@airemus #4 (**permalink**)

01-16-2007, 04:18 AM

I have 3 1TB Lacie Drives there quiet noisy but i would expect that from a drive of this size, all my seagate drives i have had have blown up on me:bone:

blinkin357 · blinkin357 #5 (**permalink**)

06-08-2007, 12:13 PM

I've had two 250gb external Lacie drives with no problems whatsoever but two Western Digital external drives have failed early in their lifecycles.

I thought that Hitachi was the only manufacturer of 1TB drives... Wrong again. I'm going to have to check the prices and functionality with my MacPro.

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #6 (**permalink**)

06-09-2007, 12:51 PM

I would personally look at two 500gb. That's a lot of data to lose if the drive goes bad.

TheChemist #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 29, 2006 Posts: 63	01-15-2007, 06:06 PM Hi, I'm in the market to purchase a terabyte drive, but I'm not too sure of which companies are good and which to avoid. I've been reading on various sites (including New Egg and the likes) and the feel I get is: LaCie = anti-Christ in a box Western Digital = Blow dryer in a box Now, I appreciate the fact that 9/10 times people will post their complaints and not their praises. So..... I'm turning to you ladies & gents to help me out. Merci beaucoup Last edited by TheChemist; 01-15-2007 at 06:06 PM. Reason: typo
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Member Since: Oct 30, 2005 Location: Essex Posts: 32 Mac Specs: PowerBook 17" 1.67 gHz, 2GB RAM 60GB ipod Video,iPod Shuffle, MacPro 2.33 5GB RAM,1.5TB 2x20" :o)	01-16-2007, 04:18 AM I have 3 1TB Lacie Drives there quiet noisy but i would expect that from a drive of this size, all my seagate drives i have had have blown up on me:bone: www.rustyandhamishproductions.com May the farce be with you...:headphone
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ste6168 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 24, 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 514 Mac Specs: 1.5ghz Powerbook G4 17" 2gb RAM	01-15-2007, 06:25 PM I have pretty good luck with western digital and seagate drives. I have never owned and external seagate, but my WD is a little bit louder than i would like, i just listen to music to compensate haha
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blinkin357 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 18, 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 34 Mac Specs: MacPro quad-core 2.66gHz, Leopard, 9gb RAM, one 250gb, two 500gb and three 1tb internal SATA drives	06-08-2007, 12:13 PM I've had two 250gb external Lacie drives with no problems whatsoever but two Western Digital external drives have failed early in their lifecycles. I thought that Hitachi was the only manufacturer of 1TB drives... Wrong again. I'm going to have to check the prices and functionality with my MacPro.
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