I know approximately zero about these particular hard drives. It's been my observation recently that by the time a product has been out long enough to have meaningful reliability data / user experience reports, the manufacturer has made changes to said product and the data no longer applies. (several disastrous recent experiences with that phenomenon) -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .