western digital or maxtor

[c44151]

same storage same everything but diffrent stores with $10 diffrence what would you chose western digital or maxtor

[Droppyale]

Maxtor.... personal preference.

i have used both and so far both have worked great for me. it comes down to personal preference more than anything.

both come with a one year warranty?

[VHockey86]

I think the western digital "special editions" are stil 3 year waranties

[c44151]

both 1 year

[Martoch]

Originally posted by GroundZero3
i have used both and so far both have worked great for me. it comes down to personal preference more than anything.

Ditto...I just buy which ever one is cheaper at the time.

[c44151]

wait $40 more for the maxtor at till but there is a $40 mail-in-rebate
$30 US I guess it works out to $40 Canadian

[goobernoodles]

Originally posted by c44151
same storage same everything but diffrent stores with $10 diffrence what would you chose western digital or maxtor

Which models?

If it is drives with 8mb cache, go with WD. They are faster. Not sure about other drives.....

[thegladiatorgy]

I've had alot of good experience with Maxtor drives. Very stable and reliable.

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

Maxtor, thier support team is very fast with RMA's, but the main reason is math..

Maxtor 1Gb = 1000 Mb (1000x1024x1024x1024)
WD 1Gb = 1024 million bytes.

so a 120Gb of each would be

WD = 122,880,000,000 Bytes
MX = 125,829,120,000 Bytes

not much, but 3Gig more space just on math... also I've found the maxtors are a bit faster..