I've always avoided them. I've had nothing but problems in the past. However, I will say that the new Special Edition drives have yet to give me any problems. I normally wouldn't recommend getting a WD drive, but would recommend the Special Edition drives to anyone who asked.

I've always stuck with IBM and Fujitsu, they've yet to let me down. Even the few IBM drives I've had problems with were promptly replaced for nothing more than the shipping cost to IBM; which is a lot more than I can say for some other companies.