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Western Digital has announced today the 2 TB drive which features 500 GB platter capacity. This is some amazing news for everyone who worries about running out of space with all those family and other digital memorabilia.
Here is the official word according to PC World.com:
"Here are the details we know about the new Western Digital behemoths. They're coming in under the storage manufacturer's Green line of products. This means that they contain a few power-saving tricks, including the ability to modulate between a 7,200 RPM and 5,400 RPM rotational speed. While this saves you a few watts in operation, it also tends to lower the performance of the drive when compared to "normal" hard drives of a similar capacity."
With this announcement Western Digital seems to be offering the largest drive capacity. I wouldn't be surprised if Seagate has something in the works too. Hopefully, Seagate has seen the last of its 1.5 TB drive issues and people can move past that black eye. From some of the posts I've read people are very pissed off at Seagate and this could be a new turning point for leader of the pack when it comes to hard drives. But, also lets not forget Samsung and Hitachi too, we haven't heard anything from then yet in this range of drive capacity.
The price of the drives has been rumored to be around $250.00 (US dollars). Not to bad for a lot of storage space.
Western Digital Launches Worlds First 2 TB Hard Drive (PC World)
Western Digital hits 2TB (AnandTech)
WD Launches 2TB hard Drive (TG Daily)
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