I think "fake" is a rather strong word. What we have here is leakage of OEM drives intended for Dell and HP machines into traditional channels. The drives are still Maxtors, just a flavor that was not designed to be sold as

Agreed. I currently have 3 of them in my server running raid5. Of course these were pulled from a netapp machine ;)

these were perfect for me, 5400rpm doesnt generate too much heat and speed wasnt a huge factor for me since it goes in a raided machine.

I've seen these drives being sold my small computer retailers in sweden.
Even saw an ad in swedens largest newspaper about them.

IBUY MAXTOR HARDISK ON20-6-2007 BUT IT DAMAGED ON10-07-2007. I SENT IT ON WARRANTY AT THIS TIME I NOT ELIGIBLE IN ENGLISH I SPOKE URDU SO.....