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

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

    Sweet

  2. 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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  3. 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.

  4. 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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  5. 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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