I've got a year and a bit old Maxtor, still going strong after being moved between several PCs, and dropped once.
Well.. finally got a day off, and guess what - Scan have sold out of the 7200.9 already... I guess I'm not the only one who was waiting for this drive to appear
Isn't it always the way All is not lost though - there are plenty on Froogle, including, it seems, the lower-capacity models.