Which HDD is better ?

Hi All,
I'm going upgrade my current MacBook 80GB HDD. I just ordered a Seagate 160GB 2.5" SATA HDD, 7200rpm model ST9160823AS. The guy will bring it over to me tomorrow.
After browsing through many article in this forum on HDD upgrades, I did not find any one mentioning choosing Seagate (saw some cases Seagate HDD crashed !) as their choice of upgrade. More common one used are WD, Hitachi (seems to be the best choice). The more I read, the more worried I'm.
I just wanted to know if I have chosen the good and right one. Please note I'm not trying to sell or kill any brand, just don't want to waste my money.
Thanks a lot and hope to have some reply soon so that I can change my order if need to.
CHNG

NA Smith wrote:
Seagate is a brilliant, innovative manufacturer that happened on a large batch of defective drives a while back. They have so much going for their reputation and history that it would be a real surprise if they ever let that mistake happen again. (I'm a repeat Hitachi purchaser - but Seagate is their main competition.) You should have no worries, I would think.
Hitachi's HDD division was primarily purchased from IBM and merged with Hitachi's smaller existing storage technology division. I think their main development work is done in the Silicon Valley. The brand names (like Deskstar) all come from IBM's former trademarks that came with the acquisition. One older version of the Deskstar was noted as the "Deathstar" for its frequency of failures. Every manufacturer runs into its PR nightmares from time to time.

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