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Western Digital Announces 200 Gig Drives

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pr0n-glorious-pr0n dept.

twilightzero writes "Video capture fanatics and pr0n moguls, rejoice! Today marks the official release of the Western Digital 200 GB hard drive! Never again run out of space for your X-10 video stream of the neighbor's house! See the graphic, specs, and press release. This also marks the release of WD drives using fluid dynamic bearings rather than the old BB type." The glorious march of technology continues forward, and digital video fans rejoice. Update: 07/26 03:34 GMT by M : Headline corrected. Taco's at a conference, cut him a little slack.

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  1. "Maxtor" title? by Devoras · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maxtor, or Western Digital????

    Either a typo, sudden merger or most likely I've been under a rock for a long time.

  2. Maxtor Or... Western Digital? by BRock97 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Article mentions Maxtor in the title, but all links point to Western Digital. Something I missed?

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  3. so who is it: maxtor or wd? by pwkeys · · Score: 0, Redundant

    so who is it? maxtor or wd with the 200 gig drive? to go so far as to get the name of the company the whole news item is about: now that's just BAD.

  4. Re:Is it Maxtor or WD? by sven7 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Taco must be tired.

  5. In other News by Emugamer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Microsoft Announces the release of OS XI
    Linus finally releases a stable NT kernel

    Sweet

  6. Maxtor = Fluid, WD=200mb by simetra · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I noticed the Fluid bearings thing on newegg.com on a Maxtor, 40gb drive, earlier today.

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  7. Re:Way back in the early Ninties.. by doooras · · Score: 1, Redundant

    in '95 when my parents first bought a computer, they were told they would never be able to fill the 850 meg HD.

    my last SuSE install was over three times that.

  8. Re:Differences? by x136 · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I recently bought a Maxtor D740X drive, but as it turns out, it's the ball bearing version. This thing is loud. I have to shut the computer down at night now. (It'd be great if Linux could spin it down...) I've talked to others with the same drive but with liquid bearings. They say it's almost dead silent.

    Oh well, that's what I get for buying the cheapest hard drive I could find. :)

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  9. 200GB what for? by towatatalko · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Almost every expert on this matter will tell you that h.d. larger than 40GB is an inefficient way of data storage. Why? Because seek/read/write ratios on those drives are slower even if you increase RPMs (rotational speed). For fast access needs and I/O operations smaller drives are better, not to mention that when a larger h.d. fails it is moree costly to change it that a smaller drive. Larger drive cost more, right? It's the selling that drives the capacity. But this is one of those crazy things that comapanies like to propage to increase its sales, "I did this, I did that". I don't think anyone cares about it anymore.

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  10. Beowulf Joke, the Next Generation! by NeuroManson · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Can you imagine a RAID array of these?
    (rimshot)

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    1. Re:Beowulf Joke, the Next Generation! by gerardrj · · Score: 1, Redundant

      PLEASE people... before you say/type "RAID array", please stop to consider what that "A" in RAID stands for. ARRAY.
      It makes about as much sense as "ATM machine" or "PIN number/code"

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