In light of recent revelations of manufacturers giving reviewers different hardware than what they sell to the public, I think it's important to find out where

In light of recent revelations of manufacturers giving reviewers different hardware than what they sell to the public, I think it's important to find out where these drives came from. If techreport just walked into a bestbuy (or amazon) and bought the six drives consumer-reports-style then I'd be willing to believe that this is a legitimate test of consumer hardware, but if they were given the drives from the OEMs the there is a chance that some jiggering was done to boost scores. Though I guess in the long run if they do even half as well as the report suggests we're probably in good shape.