I stopped using Western Digital a while back because they seemed to defect a lot, but recently I saw that they had brought our an award winning drive so maybe they got better.
I was using Maxtor but now their drives defunct a lot. I am having to replace one right now that lost it's fat system and became unformatted. A local custom built computer source reported that they had stopped using Maxtor because Maxtor has gone down hill. That is actually why I am asking. The Maxtor drive is in warranty so I will just have it replaced but I would like to know what the buzz is about hard drive manufacturers for future reference.
I don't know what the pros and cons are on 10000 MP drives or how big a price difference we are talking about.
I use my computer for graphics, accounting, and publishing both on the web and off.
I figure this would be a useful conversation for every one and I just want to be more educated about the pros and cons of hard drives for different types of use.