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Summary: Maxtor's ata133 drives rock
Review: I installed a maxtor ata133 (7200rpm, 8mb cache) on the 133 interface of a new asus mbd (the p4r800-v), and got transfer rates, in real apps, that blew away my previous speed demon (which cost more btw, was no slug, and was ata100 with 7200rpm 8mb disks). ata133, with a real 133 controller, is indeed a real improvement.
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Summary: I am loving it...
Review: Personally I own 3 Maxtor Drives. 1 is not 8 years old and hasn''t failed me yet, however it did replace a previous that went bad sector nuts in less than a month so there is always the chance.I recently got this drive and bought an external drive kit for it (USB 2.0) and the drive outperforms my internal drive considerably. Tryin to decide now if I want to pick up another as I do a lot of video to DV transfers and this makes for great storage. With all that said thou. Make sure you have a backup of all important data as you can potentially run into issues as with any PC part.
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Summary: Unreliable don't buy
Review: The Maxtor OneTouch 250 GB Firewire for Mac drive that I bought causes system freezes on our PowerBook and twin processor G4. It is unreliable and owning it has been a nightmare. The power supply went out in the first week and the replacement drive refuses to mount most of the time. In other words what the PC users report goes for the Mac version too (read the reviews for the 120 GB OneTouch). If you're looking to buy peace of mind by getting a backup drive, don't buy a Maxtor.
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