Joseph Zollo Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 I was just at Western Digital's website looking for stats on the 8MB cache version of the 80GB hard drive when I saw this... WESTERN DIGITAL DELIVERS INDUSTRY?S LARGEST, FASTEST HARD DRIVES WITH 200 GB CAPACITY AND 7,200 RPM b> WD Caviar? 60 GB-Per-Platter Family Satisfies Today?s Need for Speed and Capacity LAKE FOREST, Calif., Jun 25, 2002 ? Continuing to lead the 7,200 RPM market with its WD Caviar? family, Western Digital Corp (NYSE: WDC) today introduced the industry?s largest capacity hard drive ? its WD Caviar 200 GB 7,200 RPM product. This milestone marks the fourth consecutive first-to-market 7,200 RPM hard drive delivered by Western Digital ? which was first to deliver 7,200 RPM hard drives in 80, 100 and 120 GB capacities. WD Caviar 60 GB-per-platter 7,200 RPM hard drives will be offered in capacities ranging from 120 to 200 GB and will be available this July. To ensure quiet operation in noise-sensitive desktop/work station environments, Western Digital offers hard drives equipped with optional fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motors. ?Hard drive manufacturers are providing incredible levels of performance and capacity to the PC market, as well as to today?s emerging markets demanding massive local storage such as personal video recorders,? said Mark Geenen, president of TrendFocus, a research firm specializing in the data storage market ?Western Digital successfully focuses on the highest capacity and highest performance EIDE hard drives, and delivers another first with 200 gigabytes.? ?Continued demand for the exceptional performance of 7,200 RPM hard drives at the highest capacities makes these hard drives an ideal choice for computing needs that range from top-of-the-line desktops and work stations to high-end IDE applications such as entry-level enterprise servers,? said Richard E Rutledge, vice president of marketing for Western Digital. Western Digital, one of the storage industry?s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The Company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users? data close-at-hand and secure from loss. Western Digital was founded in 1970. The Company's storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western Digital brand name. Visit the Investor section of the Company?s Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information. This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the availability of the WD Caviar 60 GB-per-platter hard drives. These forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations, and actual results may differ materially as a result of several factors, including: uncertainties related to the development and introduction of products based on new technologies; manufacturing ramp and customer acceptance; pricing, competition, the significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products; and other factors discussed in Western Digital?s recent SEC filings. Western Digital undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of the statements. http://www.wdc.com/company/releases/PressR...sp?release=1404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 right on.. i'll take one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imemine Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/searc...3d9f41dd3aa505/ the fluid bearing is an option and i dont know what the model of that one is tho.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 ewww man, dats huge, i'm still stuck with my 13 GIG :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thollian Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 i want one of those!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessimat0r Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Thanks, I'll order 2, and RAID them in stripe :D 400gb *drool* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 350 for 200 GB isn't that bad, price wise :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liar2 Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 you can get a sh*tload of those and make a terabyte system like they did on techtv's 'the screen savers' ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailgreg Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 I want one of these :) I only have a 20gb now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 It would be great to own one. My 60 gig is only couple % free but that's only because I keep burning and burning. Heh, all them other crap I have no clue how to burn them in an ordered and indexed way. But with a 200 gig... at least it will last some time more till I will have to burn burn and burn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCe_2x Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 ....:knocked-o ....WOW.....[tshshshst left brain to right brain....save $350...over...tshshst] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jish Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 I want one. My 40GB HDD is a nice size, but gets filled up after a month or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 damn, and i just got an 80 GIG.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainashi Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 100gb is more than enough for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 ROFLMAO... anyway...this was posted by me about 1 month ago https://www.neowin.net/bboard/showthread.ph...&threadid=35508 ::coughs merge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDF Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 thats pretty huge but i still need to fill up my 20 gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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