western digital vs. seagate external hard drive

[unruley700]

running a lenovo g550 with windows 7 64bit. i'm looking for a 1tb or 1.5tb ex hdd . western digital and seagate are the two cheapest i've found. anyone have experiences with both? if not, i'd still like to hear about your experiences with one or the other.

[Aizmov]

Yes, I've had experience with both and both are superb. I lean towards Seagate, though.
Both Seagate and Western Digital are leaders in the storage industry, so they aren't no name brands with unknown history.

[Gero50]

I have worked with both though more with Western Digital. I think WD is just a better brand over all though there is a lot of people to will say SeaGate is better. Honestly a Hard Disk is a Hard Disk it just depends on what you're looking for. For External HDD I'd go with WD though you might get even more perforence is you buy a WD hard drive and an enclosure and put it together yourself. It is really quite easy just a few quick screws and cables to hook up and you're done.
Good luck, and if you have any questions feel free to ask me.