is it OEM or retail box?
if Fry makes one more step to make it free shipping, i will defenetely in!

drexelbit said:is it OEM or retail box?

That's a good question...

repost police strikes...but that post says B&M this isn't

drexelbit said:is it OEM or retail box?
if Fry makes one more step to make it free shipping, i will defenetely in!

It comes with a 5-year warranty, so I think it's most likely retail boxed (rebadged Seagate).

TEKErugburn said:repost police strikes...but that post says B&M this isn't

he just has to update the title.

valleypoboy said:... size is probably not necessary
You obviously don't do a lot of video editing or DVD authoring

Just called customer service, confirmed that this is retail kit

michaelkenyon said:valleypoboy said:... size is probably not necessary
You obviously don't do a lot of video editing or DVD authoring

If you mean I don't have a Pron studio setup in my front room of my house making videos and posting them to the internet, you're correct. I do "back up" the DVDs I own so the children don't mangle and destroy the originals. This process takes about 4gb per DVD, although the program I currently use deletes the files copied once done. - sorry, I know that was harsh, but COME on!!! For 99% of the people out there 40gb is more than enough, 80 is safe and 160 is HUGE. I've got more seagate drives at home than toilet paper rolls, and I only use 1 drive in my computer (200 or 300, pitiful, but I forget). Recently on my work computer I had to swap out my 40 with an 80 because I was running out of space.
I stick to my first comment when talking about a 500GB drive: "size is probably not necessary"

According to Newegg the 7H500F0 is a MaXLine Pro -- it's doubtful that this is a rebadged Seagate. Though it's quite likely that, as michaelkenyon suggests, a failed drive would result in a modern Seagate replacement, do you really want to risk losing 500 GB of your hard-earned pr0n? Though, to be realistic, the vast majority of these Maxtors are probably going to last about as long as genuine Seagates. But I just can't bring myself to trust Maxtor with that much data...

Also, if this were a retail box, wouldn't the model read something like 'L01blahblah'? I thought all Maxtor retail kits began with an 'L'. But I suppose the Fry's rep wouldn't lie to us, right?

An HD feature is going to comprise tens of GBs when compressed (H.264 MPEG4). If you're actually trying to work with the stuff, I shudder to think how much data it would take up.