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My 80 gig 7200 RPM Maxtor HDD gave me hell at first, I had to low level it twice within a month of owning it, but I'm pretty sure I just got a bad batch like Flanderz, the one they sent me when I finally RMAed the drive has been fine for months.
Unless you're using a RAID array, you probably won't notice the difference between ATA100 and ATA133.
What'd I'd go by here is the length of the warrenty. Maxtor recently cut their warrenties on new drives down to 1 year from 3 years, so if Seagate will give you a warrenty longer than that, I'd go with the Seagate, if not, then go with whichever one is cheaper.
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