OEM for 500 GB drive?

Anyone know who the OEM for the 550 GB drive is?
TIA

It is tough to pin down which hard drive manufacturer will be used in a Mac you order from Apple. The reason is simple, Apple contract bids from multiple suppliers for commodity products, like hard drives.
So even if your specific Mac came with a Seagate 500 MB drive, it is possible that someone's else's built at a earlier or later date may have a Western Digital.
That being said, the early reports from people who have started receiving their Mac Pros, report Seagate's showing up in them for the 250 size, I'm not awake of any reports on the 500's yet.
The best thing to do if you must have a specific hard drive, is to order your Mac with the smallest (cheapest) drive offered, then add your own drive purchased from a third party.
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