Avoid like the plague
I was feeling short on cash so I went against my better judgement and bought maxtor. I work at a computer store and I new maxtor sucked already, but I was being cheep. It lasted me one month, then died straight up. RMA'ed it to maxtor, or course they mixed it up and it took 1 month to get my "refurb". 4 months later its dead again. I'm now about to RMA it again, save yourself the hassel and spend the extra money on an IBM or anything else.