Which HDD? (out of the 500GB, 5400rpm crop)

I've decided to go with the larger 500GB for my macbook and have ruled out the faster, yet smaller 7200 drives.
Now I just have to pick one, can anyone make a suggestion? I'm looking at the following drives...
*SAMSUNG Spinpoint M6 HM500LI 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - OEM* for $85
*Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - OEM* for $90
*Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - OEM* for $99 (but includes 3 year warranty)
I'm leaning towards the WD Scorpio "Blue" because it has the 3 year warranty and is only a few bucks more than the others. Anything else I should be considering?

It's also total nonsense. A 500 GB drive is no more likely to have problems than a 100 GB drive. 500 GB drives will work just fine and are available in 5400 and 7200 RPM flavors - the latter are faster than the former.

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When upgrading OS X Mavericks pictures on a MacBook Pro froze. Diagnostics in Apple dealer in Croatia - Zagreb is found to be defective HDD.
Interested me, Does any SATA III, HDD 2.5 ", 5400 RPM, 9.5 or 7 mm or larger capacity (750GB, 7200 RPM) can be installed in a Mac Book Pro. MacBook Pro is manufactured 2009 years and was acquired 2011 years.
Can you write that are compatible HDD (500GB model and 750GB model) with the MacBook Pro.
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