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October 26th, 2005, 04:48 PM
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Maxtor Breaks 500-GB Barrier
In the PC, Maxtor's new 500-GB drives will be available as either the DiamondMax 11 or as part of an Ultra16 upgrade kit, which will retail for a suggested price of $349.95.
All of the new drives include a 16MB buffer and are available with 3.0-Gbit SATA II features including native command queuing (NCQ), staggered spin up, hot-plug and asynchronous signal recovery.
Maxtor's new drive offerings also include 400- and 500-GB versions of is QuickView drives for PVRs and other CE applications, which have been enhanced with ATA 7 Streaming Commands for multistream video management. In PVR terms, 500 gigabytes can store up to 89 hours of HDTV or about 500 hours of standard-definition video.
The additional capacity points were also added to Maxtor's MaXLine of enterprise drives. Maxtor MaXLine Pro drives include rotational vibration compensation, to avoid errors caused by many rotating drives spinning within a RIAD array, as well as 15-second accelerated data recovery and a suite of self tests.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532
Maxtor Breaks 500-GB Barrier
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October 26th, 2005, 05:13 PM
#2
ummmmmmm
Maxtors......
I see one in a machine....I replace it....from experience...I find them "unreliable" to say the least
MHO..as always
MLF
How people treat you is their karma- how you react is yours-Wayne Dyer
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October 26th, 2005, 05:15 PM
#3
Originally posted here by morganlefay
ummmmmmm
Maxtors......
I see one in a machine....I replace it....from experience...I find them "unreliable" to say the least
MHO..as always
MLF
I second that... I've had the worst "luck" with maxtors.
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October 26th, 2005, 05:21 PM
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and...something else...
Can the OS REALLY handle a system installed on a partition that large.
I remember with NT 4.0...when the large hardrives came out...you had to limit the OS system install to under 8gigs...as the OS had trouble accessing the system files spread out over the drives...thus becoming unstable.
I am still of the old school...system partions...data partitions..specially on large drives
again MHO
MLF
How people treat you is their karma- how you react is yours-Wayne Dyer
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October 26th, 2005, 06:28 PM
#5
I normally use smaller hard drives and partitions for my OS install and the larger hard drives and partitions for data. If I were to get a 500gb hd, it'd be for storing data or for onsite backup purposes.
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October 26th, 2005, 06:31 PM
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Great minds think alike
MLF
How people treat you is their karma- how you react is yours-Wayne Dyer
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October 26th, 2005, 06:43 PM
#7
Originally posted here by morganlefay
and...something else...
Can the OS REALLY handle a system installed on a partition that large.
I remember with NT 4.0...when the large hardrives came out...you had to limit the OS system install to under 8gigs...as the OS had trouble accessing the system files spread out over the drives...thus becoming unstable.
I am still of the old school...system partions...data partitions..specially on large drives
again MHO
MLF
For what it's worth here's the theroy http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_tdrn.asp
IMHO Maxtor sucks big time And the only reason I could possibly see needing a single 500GB HDD would be to install Windows 2095
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October 26th, 2005, 06:45 PM
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/me sits waiting patiently on terrabyte drives for pc's to make their affordable debut.
Even a broken watch is correct twice a day.
Which coder said that nobody could outcode Microsoft in their own OS? Write a bit and make a fortune!
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October 26th, 2005, 07:33 PM
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I'm using approximately 7GB on an 80GB...with 93% free space...
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October 26th, 2005, 08:23 PM
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Practise what you preach.
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