[Pc_Support] RE: Seagate introduces new product range, 7200.9

[Bryan J. Smith]

Damien McKenna <dmckenna at thelimucompany.com> wrote:
> Yeah, seems so.  I'm looking to move our home PC to SATA
> and am keeping an eye on this one.

I refuse to buy almost anything else but SATA at this point
when it comes to commodity (or especailly for 24x7 near-line)
fixed disks.  Now when it comes to ATAPI (e.g., optical), I
steer clear of SATA because of the lack of standards.

> I was honestly *very* surprised they weren't doing a 320gb
> drive, seemed a logical step to me.

What I was surprised by was the rather pathetic AnandTech
statements on why.  That seemed like an _un_educated guess if
I've ever seen one.

I think it has to do more with integration issues of the
larger platter and related head/mechanics technology.  I
guess multiple 160GB platters is something they will tackle
in the 7200.10 line.

> Maybe they just have loads of older platters they want to
> use?

Maybe, but something tells me its more of an integration
issue.



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