Forget the mac vs pc. thing. We run both mac and pc workstation AND servers at work. Guess what... both have experienced drive failures. Both have hot swappable drives. And both rebuilt the drive just as the array was set up to do.
There is a real difference between consumer and enterprise grade drives. And not just the price tag. If your data is critical to you buy the best drive. A enterprise device is best, but there are other "server" drives that are still better than consumer stuff. Don't ask how I know this... I'm trying to forget that day and the mess we were left with.
