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I sell the seagates freeagents and mybooks alot at work, they actually have a higher than usual defective rate, especially the mybooks, wich in my opinion are pure shit. They pre install a whole bunch of garbage software that can run into compatibility isues if using with other, more powerfull backup software.
But for any kind of pro work, sound or otherwise, its really worth it to invest alitle bit more for the reliability of a Lacie.
For sound work you want a fast drive, 7200 rpm is a must if your storing songs or samples that are loaded into ram of a program like ableton or torq, any less and you might run into lateancy isues. Another inportant thing to concider is the interface you are using. USB has a data transfer rate of 470 mbps, firewire 400 is 400 mbps but has a much higher bandwith making it a better choice for live triggering of samples. If you own a macbook pro then you have firewire 800 riding at 800 mbps and that obvious the better choice. The best however is esata, you can now buy pcmcia and express cards that give you esata wich rides a 3 gbps, over 3 times the speed of firewire 800. In that case you can buy a RE edition Western Digital wich are more reliable than the standard and an enclosure with esata (like 50$) and your all set.
Might be helpfull if we knew what you are using it for exactly 
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