[stomachmonkey]

Interesting.

My experience with Hitachi is great. The only drives I stick in my laptops.

But as far as Seagate and WD my experience is the opposite of the study. WD's fail on me all the time. I have not bought one in years but still get new ones from clients all the time and I really don't trust them. Had one literally go up in smoke about 30 seconds after pulling it from the package and hooking it up to format. Heard a pop then a sizzle then came the unmistakeable odor of electronics frying, looked over the thing was on fire.

Would like to see that study broken down by enterprise vs consumer grade drives.