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Seagate Versus Western Digital: The Hard Disk Drive Battle Lines Are Drawn

April 19, 2011 By Stephen 2 Comments

Seagate and Western Digital appear to have locked up the majority of the hard disk drive (HDD) market with their respective acquisitions of Samsung and Hitachi's business. Leaving Toshiba with just a sliver, the American companies will soon become giants, each with more than 40% of the total HDD share and a full line of products. Despite the noise made by solid-state disk (SSD) … [Read more...] about Seagate Versus Western Digital: The Hard Disk Drive Battle Lines Are Drawn

What Is The Secret To Efficient Hard Disk Drives?

August 25, 2009 By Stephen 3 Comments

Hard disk drives, like the engines in our cars, have been massively upgraded over the last two decades. Although massive IOPS and horsepower get all the headlines, energy-efficient designs deserve a look as well. Manufacturers have recently introduced some new tricks to coax out a little more performance and capacity from a lot less energy, and we are going to examine three … [Read more...] about What Is The Secret To Efficient Hard Disk Drives?

WD’s 1 TB Laptop Drive? Not Quite!

July 27, 2009 By Stephen 3 Comments

Western Digital announced this morning the world's first "1 TB mobile hard drive!" But although the news is great for storage-hungry folks looking for a portable external drive, it doesn't quite mark a sea change in the storage industry since this drive cannot be used in (most) laptops. … [Read more...] about WD’s 1 TB Laptop Drive? Not Quite!

Seagate Surpasses 500 GB In 2.5 Inches

June 23, 2009 By Stephen 4 Comments

The race to ship a 500 GB mobile hard disk drive unit was heated last year. Hitachi was first to announce a fat 12.5 mm drive in January, but Samsung and Western Digital fought a pitched battle through the second half of the year to produce serious volume in a the slim 9.5 mm 2-platter form factor. 320 GB and 500 GB became common in the first half of 2009, with vendors adding a … [Read more...] about Seagate Surpasses 500 GB In 2.5 Inches

Handy Gadget: USB to IDE/SATA Adapter

March 16, 2009 By Stephen Leave a Comment

I imagine every home computer hacker one day finds they have one too many hard drives to deal with. Maybe you are migrating to a new system or installing a new OS. Or maybe you're upgrading the disk in your new Mac Mini. Whatever the reason, a universal way to connect any hard drive to a PC is a very handy thing to have on hand! Send in the Inland USB to IDE/SATA Adapter. As … [Read more...] about Handy Gadget: USB to IDE/SATA Adapter

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