I'm usually an all IBM guy too, however, there have been a ton of problems with some of the recent larger IBM GXP series drives (especially the 120GXP series). Plus, IBM is combining the storage side of their business with Hitachi, and that's going to take a while settle. So, for this and for my TiVo upgrade (two Maxtor 80GB drives @ $115 each) i've gone non-IBM. Also, with a 3 year warranty, I don't really care who the drive is made by.