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Maxtor Announces 80GB Platters

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sure-we've-got-space-for-that dept.

mackstann writes "StorageReview has some info on Maxtor's new 80GB hard disk platters. The new drives based on the 80GB platters will come in capacities up to 160GB, with some having Serial ATA and/or 8MB caches. They are also resurrecting the (formerly Quantum) Fireball name, shortening their warranty (previously 3 years, now 1 year), and adding some slim (38% thinner) drives to their lineup." New products like this make me feel like I'm not keeping up fast enough. I bought a 100GB drive last spring and it's not even half full yet!

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  1. Re:Wow, sounds deal-tastic! by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 0, Troll

    I actually did something similar with a 1 gig drive back in '96 or so, when 1 gig drives were something special. On the way home from MicroCenter in Cambridge, MA, I managed to drop the drive about 4 feet onto pavement. It landed on a corner, and actually managed to power up (a Fujitsu drive, if you care), and worked, somewhat, though it had a ton of bad sectors.

    It was a black drive. I colored over the dent with a black marker, and took it back to MicroCenter, saying merely, "This drive doesn't work." They gave me a new one.

    I felt like such a bastard.

    - A.P.

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"