Evo bas gledam (opet)
ovo ... a onda naletim i na
ovo (poslije EDIT-a jel).
Dakle ovaj dio mi je jaaaako zanimljiv:
"...one other strange thing. I did google search on this stuff and found some hits on Seagate's forums for threads asking this same question (what's the difference between the 2 drives) and it seems like the threads were getting deleted."
Dal opet Seagate nesto muti (kao sto su i prije brisali threadove, iz svima nama dobro znanih razloga) ???
Ugl svi 418AS modeli imaju FW ID 410AS, dok (vidljive) razlike nema osim u deklariranoj kolicini buke (410-tka navodno tisa) i razlicitoj oznaci ofkors, a dolaze kao "Made in China" uz FW CC33(34), te RAT od ~14,5ms i ATR od ~106MB/s.
I
jos malo zanimljivosti (sve bolje i bolje):
"...Some people have suggested warranty difference but seems unlikely and results from confusion. For the warranty all that matters is when the drive shipped. If the drive shipped before 4th Jan it is 5 years. If not is 3 years. A number of 7200.12 shipped before 4th January (in Malaysia shippsed on 2nd January seems common) so come with 5 years."
A za ovo (
1,
2,
3,
4) se iskreno nadam da su izdvojeni slucajevi (za Seagateovo dobro) i naglasavam da je mozda pametno pricekat neko vrijeme prije shoppinga (barem zbog predostroznosti, dok se ne pojave bolji dojmovi/reviewi/iskustva).
BTW stanje na trzistu
ST3500410AS i
ST3500418AS pa vi sad pogodite koji cete dobit na kraju ...