bought this hard drive to replace my stock Macbook Pro hard drive. It was almost plug and play I just had to copy the OS over for it to run in the new machine but works great! It has withstood the test of time. The hard drive is not loud at all and really is a quality piece of machinery.
I have only used mine for about a month so far. I got the 320gb version. So far, it is holding up good. It is nice and quiet. I have not had any problems so far. If I have any problems, I will be sure to update, but, to be fair, I have bought multiple Black drives over the years, and have not had any problems with any of them.
I installed this Hard Drive in my Macbook Pro about a month ago. So far i'm impressed by the performance. I haven't noticed any vibration and the noise isn't bad. It's not as loud as some people described it. I actually found it to be pretty quiet.
Had an older HP Laptop with a failed hard drive. This was an exact replacement, and due to the design of the laptop, took about 5 minutes to switch drives. It's working extremely well, and the only reason I rated the capacity as average is because it was an EXACT replacement with lower capacity a few years ago.