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Generally, if a hardware is advertised as OEM, is it better, generally?

I am comparing these 2:
http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_getprod.php/lot_id=9712604/masterid=34453892
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136111 - Does not mention as OEM

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@Callandor -

Part of your comment seems to refute what I said, and I don't think you meant to do that. Your words, "For hard drives, OEM has almost no difference from retail" only really apply to what's in the box, not to the warranty or service.

splait,

You are correct - the warranty and support are like the situation with cpus - the warranty is shorter for OEM versus retail, and support depends on the vendor versus the manufacturer. I was not intending for it to be a rebuttal of anything you posted, and I should have been more clear.

Thank you for the clarification!

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