I bought it 3 days ago for a quite reasonable price in Argos-60ł(+2GB usb stick free). I did not experienced the overheating issues. I was copying 250GB data from an internal drive for more than 2 hours. At the end the internal drive was really hot but the maxtor was just warm. Luckily I did not go for the more expensive brother (onetouch 4) for further details read CNET reviews I think as it is an external drive it should NOT be on constantly, I generally eject the hardware from th pc and it simply turns itself off (completely)<= I like this function. Comes with 3 years warranty. Specs: 500gb, 7200rpm, 16MB/500GB cache buffer Just go for it... Data sheet: http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/maxtor/en_us/documentation/data_sheets/m axtor_jade_3_5.pdf
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