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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. Poor cowboy neal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are not keeping up Cowboy Neal, you don't have all the latest whiz bang toys. You aren't spending enough money on junky electronic gadgets and computer gizmos. You are inadequate and you are falling behind the times.

    "I just bought a 100 gig drive and can't fill it". Pfffft. Pathetic!

    Obviously your penis is much too small, and you should consider a different line of work, like maybe "female impersonator."

  2. For shame! by vslashg · · Score: -1, Troll

    Leave it to the Slashdot crowd to cheer for anything that hurts content producers. The only reason anyone would need a 160GB hard drive is to store vast quantities of pirated music and video.

    Maxtor should be ashamed.

  3. 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?"
  4. YOU GO GIRL!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i so agree with this. moderators, mod parents up insightful. or else you're all crack whores. you crack smokers.

  5. CowboiKneel sez: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I bought a 100GB drive last spring and it's not even half full yet!

    Of course not. One can download gay barnyard animal porn only so fast.