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Hitachi's 500GB SATA-II Reviewed

Posted by Zonk on from the big-and-fast dept.

Doggie Fizzle writes "The specifications for the Hitachi Desktstar 7K500 are impressive. 500 GB of disk space, 16 MB of cache memory, and 3.0 Gbps of transfer speeds are about as good as you are going to get in today's hard drives. The only category that might be rivaled is transfer speed, but that would require RAID or an Ultra320 SCSI drive to do so. This BigBruin review matches it up with some Seagate drives to show off its performance."

14 of 309 comments (clear)

  1. Hitach's? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can you trust a 500GB drive from this dubious "Hitach" newcomer who is obviously just typosquatting Hitachi's reputation?

  2. Deathstar by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    I still can't get past the stigma of these drives.

    Its like hearing about a new form management tool from Claria.

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  3. Hitatchi Deathstar by john_is_war · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alright, so I'll lose 500GB of crap when the deathstar craps out

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  4. Re:Doggie Fizzle by Linzer · · Score: 3, Funny
    I think I speak for everyone on Slashdot with a brain when I say please stop submitting stories. Thanks.
    Everyone on /. with what ?
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  5. Wooo by Francis85 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this thing gets perpendicular? :-p

  6. Re:How long would it take? by zenneth · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long would it take the average slashdotter to fill that puppy with pr0n?

    This is easily one of the most overused jokes on slashdot, and quite frankly, I'd like to meet the person whose requirement for porn is wholely limited by the size of his disk.


    I said disk size. Get your mind outta the gutter.

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  7. Re:Unfortunate name by zenneth · · Score: 2, Funny

    The last disk I had with some designed-in irony like that was the Quantum Fireball

    Oh, you have got to tell us the story on that one...

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  8. There's a difference. by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hitachi makes Deskstars. Hitach, as one can clearly read above, makes Desktstars.

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  9. Re:How long would it take? by Ender_Stonebender · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, sure, if you don't care about the quality of your porn. If you do, you should probably having a separate drive as a "staging area" to review things before you move it off to the "archive" drive(s). A nice, cheap, 100GB drive should do - you'll have to take time to review two or three times a week, though. Better stock up on hand lotion.

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  10. Re:It's not SATA II by gcantallopsr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why don't we call them just SATAN, so the name will be good for any (Nth) generation?

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  11. Pros and cons by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2, Funny

    500GB:
    On the one hand it allows me to store more pr0n.
    On the other hand, it allows me to lose more pr0n when the HD crashes.
    Decisions, decisions.

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    1. Re:Pros and cons by llamalicious · · Score: 2, Funny

      A serious geek would know, there is no "other hand".

      One hand must remain free at all times, for, uh, personal entertainment.

  12. What are the legal use ? by file-exists-p · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is there any legal use for such space ?

  13. Re:Do the differences matter for "most people" by Kerago · · Score: 2, Funny

    More like %0.5