Western Digital Ships 500GB Hard Drive

Mike Howes 27 Jan, 2006 at 9:34am ET Article published in Tech

Western Digital has upped the capacity of its Caviar SATA desktop hard drive range to 500GB, pitching not only the increased storage but also its low power consumption and low operational noise level.

The manufacturer said the drive is “virtually imperceptible to the human ear in home and business environments”, thanks to its “highly efficient power driver design” and streamlined read/write seeking algorithms, which not only reduce head noise but make the drive operate more efficiently”.

Source: Reg Hardware

Comments

27 Jan 2006 ~ 10:15am RWB shweet
27 Jan 2006 ~ 1:51pm GHoosdum Sounds like a nice drive.
28 Jan 2006 ~ 2:53am BLuKnight Seagate made it to 500 gig first. I like both Western Digital and Seagate... however, I've had some back luck with WD the past year, so now I'm favoring Seagate myself.
28 Jan 2006 ~ 11:41am i dont care who makes the drives, as long as the capacity keeps going up up and away. I want my 1tb drive.
6 Feb 2006 ~ 8:34am Vykis there are already 500gig hdds out, www.newegg.com