bigup:
Wouldn't touch Hitachi
they make horrible hard drives
for this reason im not voting.
pay a bit extra and go for Samsung or Western Digital
Based on.... PluckedOutOfTheAir Inc?
I take it you're thinking of the old Deathstar's that were originally produced by IBM (which had terrible reliability) IBM's HDD division was bought out by Hitachi.
The failure rate of Hitatchi drives was the best of the top five drive manufacturers in 2005. This according to the largest parts supplier in Russia/Europe.