I use the little brother of 80 GB for over a year now and I have absolutely nothing to say about it except that it is great.
I love the fact that you can connect anywhere and after 10 sec it is available. I also appreciate enormously the USB 2.0 (especially for large file). To say the least ... Actually I have no complaints.
The price is certainly a little higher than a house but it has nothing comparable. This hard drive and very reliable, robust and very mobile.

I have owned a lot of hard these last 5 years and it is almost all dead because of problems of current (EDF THANKS FOR MY IBM!! GRRRRRRRRr) .. always keep this one road so I think if I were to buy a hard drive I am not even going to ask a question on the brand ... Maxtor will ca