StorageReview.com has unveiled the latest installment of its most popular series: the ATA Drive Roundups.
It´s hard to believe that it´s already been a year since our Summer 1999 ATA Drive Roundup. Last year, we were comparing state of the art drives that weighed in at around 20 gigs. Superparamagnetic limits aside, hard disk capacities inexorably move upwards as time passes. Hard disks these days are easily 40 gigs in size, with larger units, as always, just around the corner. Last year Western Digital´s Expert and Caviar, drives that performed remarkably similarly to IBM´s Deskstar series, swept StorageReview.com´s 1999 Editor´s Choice Awards. How have things changed? Come with us as we survey the 7200 RPM drive scene as it stands this summer.Read more
