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Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:56 pm**

Hey. How are Maxtor brand hard drives?

Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:06 pm**

Uh ... Maxtor drives are part of the SeaGate line (they're a subsidiary I believe?). To be honest, I'm not really sure. I prefer Western Digital for my HDs (yet I have 4 Seagate, 1 WD, and 1 cheap-o Hitachi). I know their OneTouch External line is pretty damn good, though not the cheapest solution.

Think their portable line (Black Armor) just got a huge price drop on the 160 GB line (nearly 50% off) if you want an external storage solution.

Edit: Just to add, the BA line was for high-security Externals so it has a lot of protection (shit, it does 128-bit AES Encryption for the love of god) so it was priced lousy as hell. It's relatively cheap at the dropped price though.

I have no idea about their internals and any googling I do of it leads me to nowhere >> The Maxtor site has them listed but the pricing is atrocious ($170 for 1TB? I could buy two of my 1 TB drives for that).

Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:17 pm**

I think I have an old unused Maxtor somewhere in this thing. I should probably unhook it to see if that helps.

Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:09 pm**

How reliable are 1TB internal drives these days?

Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:32 pm**

Barring Seagate's 500GB-1.5TB ones, they're all pretty solid (though those have a firmware fix for their freezing so not THAT big of an issue). Even then, pretty much any offer a decent sized (free) Warranty so ... yeah.

Just don't be an idiot with them. They are still rather frail devices. It'll be nice to see large (and affordable by NORMAL PEOPLE) SSD for sale. Oh boy.

Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:47 pm**

I'm thinking of putting the mission aside for a little bit to get another machine. Way more than enough and I'm getting more free cash from somewhere soon anyways. This current machine is oooold. Some of the parts came from early family computer. Besides, the money needed would be minimal compared to amount saved up. I'll probably meet the goal long before it's time anyways.

Posted: **Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:38 pm**

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Posted: **Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:24 pm**

Snails are amazing. There is like a five snail orgy on the side of my aquarium.

Posted: **Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:42 pm**

That's not amazing.

THIS SITE IS AMAZING: http://www.sockdreams.com

;___; I like to visit and drool over all the socks. If I had crazy amounts of money I would buy pretty much everything they have...

Posted: **Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:49 pm**

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Posted: **Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:25 pm**

Tell me about it. I didn't feel like I gained anything.

Posted: **Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:44 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:56 pm**

I gained the ability to not be in high school

Actually, I don't even have my diploma. I never bothered to pick it up from the school. Was like, fuck that shit, I'm never going back there.

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