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Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-whole-lotta-nekkid dept.

samdu writes "Hitachi has announced plans to release a 7200 RPM 3.5 inch 500 GB hard drive in the first quarter of this year." Maybe this one won't require a new motherboard to use. I think I've replaced more mobo's to handle larger drives than I have to support faster CPUs.

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  1. Re:Why not faster? by cablepokerface · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    years ago 640 kb was all you needed, years ago hospital registrationsystems ran on 1 mhz computers occuping a room.

    I don't need to realize how friggin fast it is, I want to know what is still possible.

    Did you know in 1885 a man closed down his patentshop (no sure what to call it) because he was conviced everything had been discovered ...

  2. Reliability tip - DON'T BUY IBM (Hitachi) DRIVES! by skinfitz · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    I'd settle for a Hitachi (IBM) drive that simply worked for longer than a month or two. A long time ago if you wanted a uber reliable drive you sprung the extra cash for an IBM knowing it would be worth it because it would be more reliable.

    Cut to IBM selling off their US manufacturing and moving everything to the middle east and reliability going through the floor. Then Hitachi bought the drive division out.

    IBM/Hitachi drives are cheaper than the alternatives. There is a reason for this; they are shit. Avoid like the plague.