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Toshiba bulks up with 60GB notebook drive

...the first notebook hard drive to put 60GB of storage onto a two-platter hard drive. The move could pave the way for mainstream notebooks... Read more

10 April, 2002 by Ian Fried

Samsung launches two-platter 1TB disk drive

...storage density. This raises capacity to 500GB per platter and makes a two-platter 1TB product possible, according to Samsung. Increased density means higher performance... Read more

30 July, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

Toshiba unveils 750GB, 1TB 2.5-inch hard drives

...in their classes. The first drive is the standard 9.5mm-thick, two-platter hard drive model MK7559GSXP with the maximum capacity of 750GB. This... Read more

25 March, 2010 by Dong Ngo

Drive density breakthrough from Toshiba

...configurations of the drive exist: a 40GB with one platter and a two-platter 80GB drive. Next year, perpendicular recording technology will appear in its... Read more

17 August, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Perpendicular recording promises roomier iPods

...largest ever 1.8-inch hard drive. The MK8007GAH is an 80GB two-platter hard drive whose 1.8inch diameter is small enough to fit... Read more

14 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

A Year Ago: WD debuts 3-inch hard drive

...the year and in 1.4Gb form early in 1997, followed by two-platter 1.6Gb and 2.16Gb versions by the summer. WD claims... Read more

4 December, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Western Digital offers new Caviar platter

...5-inch WD Caviar 4Gb drive will be followed by one and two platter models later, starting with a 1.2Gb single-platter model. The... Read more

11 December, 1996 by Arif Mohamed

Western Digital debuts 3-inch hard drive

...the year and in 1.4Gb form early in 1997, followed by two-platter 1.6Gb and 2.16Gb versions by the summer. WD claims... Read more

4 December, 1996 by Martin Veitch

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apexwm

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What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC