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Deskstar 500GB SATA II

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:11 pm
by DaMaN
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,a ... 05X,00.asp

PC Drive Reaches 500GB

Drive capacity soars to a new high as makers begin to turn to a new recording technology.

Eric Dahl
From the May 2005 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Hitachi's new Deskstar 7K500 drive marks several milestones in the storage industry: It's the first desktop hard drive to reach 500GB and one of the first to use the speedy new SATA II interface. In terms of how it stores data, though, the Deskstar may be among the last of its kind, as drive manufacturers begin to approach the limits of how densely they can pack data using today's standard recording technology.
Demand for greater capacity continues to rise due in large part to a growing need for music and video storage on PCs and consumer electronics devices. To meet that need, storage vendors are turning to new recording technologies.

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:27 am
by ZYFER
I'll take 10 of those....

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:38 am
by chottoED
.... Drool.... I've love to trade up my 3 250's for a couple of those babies

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:01 am
by Invisible Evil
Jesus, I remember when 20gb was like MAN!!!!! Ill never fill this up LMAO..

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:31 pm
by DoPeY5007
all I can say is DAMN!