Seagate Go Flex vs WD Mybook?

[dcimini12]

ok i am deciding on which external HD i should invest in. I recently had a Western Digital Elements 1TB and that just crapped out on me had it for a few years. I am deciding between these two. What should i go with if any of you have these whats the best buy?

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/pro [...] 8a4c55en02

or

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/pro [...] a0f540en02

 

[tomatthe]

I would just look at price / warranty on the two and get the one that comes out ahead in those terms. It's just going to be individual options otherwise, and you can't really gauge much based on one or two users experience with them.

Personally I won't buy WD drives, but that's just an opinion which isn't related to them failing.

 

[Hawkeye22]

You can always purchase a seperate drive and external enclosure. This way if it acts up, you can swap out the drive without voiding the warranty.

 

[game junky]

I haven't had any issues with reliability with either my personal WD MyBook or the Seagate Go Flex I use at the office. The only real advantage I would give to Seagate is that they have tried to make their drives compatible with future interface types by using a dock plug instead of a specific USB/e-Sata port.

 

[tomatthe]

You can always purchase a seperate drive and external enclosure. This way if it acts up, you can swap out the drive without voiding the warranty.

Generally the internal drives have a longer warranty to start as well, it probably is worth looking at this as an option if you are comfortable installing a drive in an enclosure which pretty much anyone should be able to do.