News Western Digital rolls out new 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years: is 6TB the swan song for 2.5-inch hard drives?

Notton

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't WD tend to use a native USB PCB, rather than going through a SATA to USB adapter for their 2.5" drives?
 

NedSmelly

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A 1TB capacity bump is underwhelming; better than nothing I suppose. But the roughly $50-100 USD premium over the 5TB portables negates this somewhat.

These drives have been SMR since forever. I very much doubt any chance of it being CMR.