1 word, HDD now is cheaper than those old days...
I have a Seagate 500GB 32MB SD15, bought because of its large cache size, din do any homework, greedy me, a few month later onli known it have firmware issue, read-surf-learn-download-flash, after a year d HDD with SD1A loaded give up, but data i still able to transfer d data out...claimed warranty, send me back with a new 7200.11 SD15, but firmware already loaded with SD1A, been using it almost 9month

My cousin still own and using his old Quantum Fireball 10GB 7200rpm series...its still alive...XD
d time he bought his 1st PC, AMD Duron 800, at tat time d HDD cost him around RM400-500...

i will have hiccups if d HDD price now is still at tat range...

n33d, u run ur xpansion drive long not? use it as download drive or casual use?