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WD's Monster 2TB Caviar Green Drive, Preview Test

Posted by timothy on from the what-would-this've-cost-in-1999? dept.

MojoKid writes "Today Western Digital is announcing their WD20WEADS drive, otherwise known as the WD Caviar Green 2.0TB. With 32MB of onboard cache and special power management algorithms that balance spindle speed and transfer rates, the WD Caviar Green 2TB not only breaks the 2 terabyte barrier but also offers an extremely low-power profile in its standard 3.5" SATA footprint. Early testing shows it keeps pace with similar capacity drives from Seagate and Samsung."

5 of 454 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Powers of 2 by wild_quinine · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's really only 1800 Gigs.

    Ah, the drivemaker's kilobyte...

  2. WD20? by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll be so slick when the 4.0 TB WD40 comes out.

  3. Green Caviar? by auric_dude · · Score: 5, Funny

    No thanks, looks and smells a bit fishy to me.

  4. Re:Powers of 2 by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. Curse those evil companies, trying to replace our God-given units—like Furlongs, Hogsheads, and Binary Thousands—with evil, communist SI units. The fiends will stop at nothing to pollute the American way of life!

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    How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
  5. Re:Powers of 2 by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean 1800 Gibibytes?

    I will never, ever, in my entire life, even once mean "gibibytes".

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?