Got the 40G maxtor I ordered on Sunday. Opened the box......, inside is a slim Diamond plus 8, one of the fastest drives available . Pretty hot for those need speed, not capacity.
Some test results about this drive copied from a website:
Sandra 2002: 38079
HD Tach2.61: Max Read, 62.5MB/S; Min Read, 31.4MB/S; Average, 51.3MB/S
WinBench99: Start, 60.5MB/S; End, 54.8MB/S; Seeking, 12ms
PCMark 2002 Pro: 1122
Only weakness about this drive is, only 40G, less than main stream drives. Anyhow, great deal for $46 AR for this drive and the memorex scanner.