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Hardrive brand question

Pie123
Pie123 Posts: 232 Forumite
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Which one is better Maxtor or Verbatim

The maxtor is 320gb
Verbatim=250gb

There is £6 difference in price so which brand is better
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  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    It's an impossible question, both (as with any brand) will fail at some point in time, I'd go for the Maxtor I've had many in Macs and PCs with no issue.
  • 456789
    456789 Posts: 2,305 Forumite
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    Western Digital or Samsung :p
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,847 Forumite
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    isofa wrote: »
    It's an impossible question, both (as with any brand) will fail at some point in time,
    It also depends on the model, and when it was made. For no good reason disks from a particular batch may 'go off' quicker than others. The Seagate Barracuda firmware in recent times was a disaster. Before and after that level, they were reliable drives!

    It's similar to cars - you'd never ask "Which is better, Ford or Vauxhall?" (Correct answer, Neither!)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Id go with Maxtor (But if I was to buy one myself id go with Seagate, Western Digital or Hitachi)
    :idea:
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    Both suck. Sorry!
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    Both suck. Sorry!
    No that's vacuum cleaners.
  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,026 Forumite
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    edited 21 October 2009 at 7:08PM
    Are Verbatim rebranded drives?
    Had a look at their website and really can't tell.
  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    Just for balance with Lokolo - I've got Maxtor in some 10 year old Macs which are booted everyday and run for 8 hours, with no problems at all...
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    isofa wrote: »
    Just for balance with Lokolo - I've got Maxtor in some 10 year old Macs which are booted everyday and run for 8 hours, with no problems at all...

    Ha I had a maxtor which broke after ayear :( replaced with a WD and latest til I threw it away! :)
  • Pie123
    Pie123 Posts: 232 Forumite
    well it would be used for storing photos sop maybe used once a week
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