Is Maxtor a good company for HDDs?

I'm getting a 200 GB External HDD (USB 2.0) of Maxtor (new, from a store) for about $80, good deal?

IT

 

Yeah MAXTOR is awsome i like its HDDs

 

Yeah, I have been using the Maxtor Basics external harddisk and they are quite reliable and cheap. Maxtor used to be a good harddisk manufacturer and they got bought over by Seagate years back. Now the Maxtor brand is mainly used to market external solution.

See http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/Main/home_user.html

 

Maxtor is a great company, i've a 500gb external myself although is was "cheaper" than yours.

 

yes MAXTOR is a great company for Hard Disk!

 

Maxtor is popular in my country also
I bought 80GB HDD for $45, but I don't know your case of 500GB

 

I'm currently using a 350GB maxtor HDD - they've always been very reliable and i've never had any problems with my hard drive, Definately a trustworthy name.

 

I have been using Maxtor HDD for years now. They are one of the best out there.

 

Hell I guess I'll go out and buy that 200GB thing in a few days seeing all the positive reviews in this thread.

Thanks guys!

IT

 

Good luck on buying a new external HDD.

 

Maxtor has been in the hdd business for decades.

You can depend on it's products.

 

Yes it is.
I own 2 Maxtors, never had any kind of problem with them. They do their work

 

Maxtor is pretty good even though I'm a Seagate fan.

 

Lacie has some great external drives as well.

 

I have Seagate hdd but I think Maxtor is equally good. Look for the warranty although

 

i heard maxtor and seagate merged????

 

yeah MAXTOR is a better HDD company
u can buy the HDD without any fear

 

Seagate are also a good brand so it wouldn't surprise me if maxtor wanted to expand by buying them / merging with them.

If you shopped around a bit I bet you could get a 500GB external one for nearly the same price of the 200gb one, I did pay a lot for my 500GB one though but the large ones like that were not long out and now the prices are a lot cheaper *bangs head of table*

 

Well seems like I'm the only one here with a different point of view. I've had three, and all of them let me down. I had to learn it the hard way, but I thought it was just coincidence. Now I'm staying away from them...


Also, I have this Multimedia HDD (one of these that you connect on your TV), and on the outside it says "Maxtor", but I opened it, and I was surprised to find a SAMSUNG HDD in it. I guess they don't even trust their own products, lol.

Anyway, my advice: Stay away from them.

EDIT:

Btw, a friend of mine had bad experience with them too, and now he's staying away from them as well.