Today WD introduces its newest addition to its 10,000 RPM SATA line, the VelociRaptor. The bad news is that we don’t yet have the official press release reprinted here for your perusal… The good news it that we’ve put a pre-release engineering sample through SR’s comprehensive tests and have a full set of results on

Performance numbers for WD’s latest mobile drive, the 320 GB Scorpio WD3200BEVT, have been placed in the Performance Database. Overall, the drive delivers an across the board performance gain over its 250-gig predecessor while weighing in just a hair noisier when it comes to idle operation. Nonetheless, WD’s latest closes the gap between the firm’s

Results for Seagate’s latest 10K RPM Drive, the Cheetah NS, have been placed in the Performance Database. Results with Performance Mode (cache segmented for single-user applications) Enabled Results with Performance mode Disabled (optimized for multi-user use) A comparison of the 400 GB Cheetah NS versus its predecessor, the 300 GB Cheetah 10K.7 Don’t forget that,

Hitachi Continues to Drive Notebook PC Capacities Higher with New 320GB Travelstar Hard Drives Achieves over 140 million accumulative media shipment since establishment in 1998 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Feb. 26, 2008 – Bolstering Hitachi’s position as the segment and technology leader in 2.5-inch hard drives, the company today announced volume shipment of new 5,400

Results for Hitachi’s 5400 RPM 2.5″ notebook-oriented unit have been placed in the Performance Database.

Today WD introduces the GreenPower version of its enterprise-oriented RE2 line, marrying the environmental friendliness of the GP series with server-oriented features such as a higher MTBF, time-limited error recovery, and vibration compensation. WD® ENTERPRISE GREENPOWER™ HARD DRIVES REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERING COSTS FOR DATA CENTERS WD RE2-GP Drives Deliver the Lowest Power Consumption

A relative latecomer to the mobile drive market, WD this year has been more aggressive in bumping up 2.5″ drive capacities… its latest two-platter model pushes 320 GB. WD® SHIPS 320 GB CAPACITY 2.5-INCH HARD DRIVES FOR NOTEBOOKS AND PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICES WD’s Continued Investments in Technology Result in Capacity Leadership for the Mobile Market

Joining competing energy efficient designs, Hitachi’s latest 7200 RPM 500 GB drive claims to draw under 5 watts at idle. Hitachi Cuts Power Use for World’s Most Energy-Efficient Desktop hard Drive 7200 RPM Performance and 250G-Per-Platter Capacity Ideal for Power-Friendly PCs SAN JOSE, Calif. – Oct. 22, 2007 – Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST)

Today Seagate joins Samsung, Hitachi, and WD with a 250-gigabyte notebook-oriented drive and also extends its terabyte Barracuda with an encryption option. SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-September 5, 2007-Responding to expanding demand for desktop and notebook PCs that deliver the highest levels of storage capacity with state-of-the-art security, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) today announced a 1 terabyte (TB)