Eh. Everybody has different opinions about the various drive manufacturers. I know people that swear by Seagate. Others that are WD only etc...

I personally won't touch a Maxtor drive because I've had so many fail but I've been okay with Seagate. Maxtor was bought out or merged with Seagate so no idea whether I'll trust them now.

IBM/Hitachi were okay and I did even have a few of the Deathstar drives but I've not bought any of their drives recently.

If I had to buy a drive right now then I'd probably get a WD.