Ahh, and because of our great experience with that Western Digital, I just might go w/ the Western Digital drive.
I am surprised that people said the Maxtor is louder and slower. It looks like it is quite fast on StorageReview, though in some of their tests, like a Fileserver test or their OfficeMark tests, the WD drive surpasses the rest. Though its not much, the WD SE got 45dB/A @ 18mm and the Maxtor had 41db/A @ 18mm. However, noise really doesn't concern me from my hard drive so I guess it just boils down to warranty, reliability, and speed. I would go with what someone said, and just buy the cheaper one (WD) because they seem to be fairly close in noise level and speed (though I agree at WD drive must be a little bit faster).
I suppose I can't go wrong either way, right? I have had many more maxtors than Western Digital drives, but our old WD drives never failed us either.