I was one of the engineers that worked on this project, and while I can't get into what we did with it (as our competitors will find out as soon as the reverse engineer them), the drive is incredible. It really is silent, running at under 2.5 bels (not decibels). On top of that is the fact that the silence belies the speed at which it operates. As a member of the Barracuda family, it is fast enough to stream eight movies simultaneously, in DVD quality, without dropping a frame. And no, there is no heat problem, because if there was, it would never have gotten out the door.
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What are you, retarded? 2.5 bels is one-quarter of a decibel. Learn your prefixes then come back and post.
I was one of the engineers that worked on this project, and while I can't get into what we did with it (as our competitors will find out as soon as the reverse engineer them), the drive is incredible. It really is silent, running at under 2.5 bels (not decibels). On top of that is the fact that the silence belies the speed at which it operates. As a member of the Barracuda family, it is fast enough to stream eight movies simultaneously, in DVD quality, without dropping a frame. And no, there is no heat problem, because if there was, it would never have gotten out the door.