Seagate 80GB Platter HDD Announced - Club CDFreaks

*Kenshin* · 03-12-2002

Just found the news over at StorageReview.com news page by Eugene.

http://storagereview.net

The Seagate Press Release

http://www.seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/...1,1565,00.html

Quote:

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—02 December 2002— Seagate today announced the Barracuda 7200.7 and the Barracuda 7200.7 Plus disc drives for PCs. Using advanced head and media technology to achieve 80-Gbytes-per-disc, the new drives add storage capacity of up to 160 Gbytes to Seagate's popular Barracuda hard drive family. The new models will offer the choice of a native Serial ATA interface or a Parallel ATA interface. The Barracuda 7200.7 Plus has a standard onboard cache of 8 Mbytes and capacities of 160GB and 120GB, while the Barracuda 7200.7 offers cache of 2 Mbytes on 160GB, 120GB, 80GB and 40GB models. Seagate's patented SoftSonic(tm) Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor makes the Barracuda the quietest PC hard drive on the market.

*BadReligionPR* · 03-12-2002

Western Digital has a 200GB and Maxtor has a 250GB already, Seagte's a bit behind the times. At least this one is 7200RPM.

*Kenshin* · 03-12-2002

Somewhat more conservative than WD and Maxtor in offering more storage space per unit, but the new Seagate drives use 80GB platters. Only Maxtor had 80GB platter drives before Seagate.

*debro* · 03-12-2002

Keep in mind that even though the rotation speed is lower, the increased density from 40GB means that the number of bits passing the head is higher per rotation than the older 40GB platter disks, so the actual older 7200 Hard drives wont be that much faster than the newer high density 5400 Hard drives.

But still, it's a step backwards.

Progress people! Why don't HD manufacturers realise we want progress!

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BadReligionPR Retired Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT USA Posts: 1,186	Western Digital has a 200GB and Maxtor has a 250GB already, Seagte's a bit behind the times. At least this one is 7200RPM. __________________ BRPR Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel (for 30 years) - Joe Grushecky And The Iron City Houserockers - "Labels come and go. The music remains. Music companies are generally the enemy of the musician." Junior's Bar where the band is playing, just for me. They play real loud, they move the crowd, It's a poor boy's symphony. Junior's Bar, until they kill the neon lights, I hope I don't go home alone tonight. Iron City Sampler Free Peltier

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Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,382	Somewhat more conservative than WD and Maxtor in offering more storage space per unit, but the new Seagate drives use 80GB platters. Only Maxtor had 80GB platter drives before Seagate. __________________ Kill Confucius

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debro Blown to smitherines Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The c@ke mixer Posts: 10,214	Keep in mind that even though the rotation speed is lower, the increased density from 40GB means that the number of bits passing the head is higher per rotation than the older 40GB platter disks, so the actual older 7200 Hard drives wont be that much faster than the newer high density 5400 Hard drives. But still, it's a step backwards. Progress people! Why don't HD manufacturers realise we want progress! __________________ SAVE THE EARTH! It's the only planet with chocolate! CDFreaks - Educating the Masses since 2005! Click Here to join the educated & privileged! Viva La Resistance! Admitting that you've illegally downloaded movies/songs and need help to process/burn is comparable to robbing a bank, and walking into the bank the next day holding the bags of money to deposit them into your account. Don't be surprised if people laugh at you when you make the headlines.

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