Western Digital Updates "Black" Line of HDDs

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Stronger reliability - So they're upping our warranty to 5yrs again then right? No? At least 3yrs? No?....So they aren't any more reliable than they were before? Oh so then you really just removed warranty before to screw us...I got it...thanks. Just what I thought.
 

I'm not sure what you mean by this. As far as I know WD's Black lineup has always had a 5yr warranty, including their prior FAEX drives. At least according to their official documentation.
 
Like dragonsqrrl, I'm keen on reviews for these disks :) Tom's has perhaps the best storage tests and review I know, so I'm really looking forward to the reviews on these 😀
 
You couldnt give me a Seagate. I have had horrible luck with them. I have at least a dozen $160 bricks. I think WD blacks are very durable for the price. Pretty speedy also. Of course we have all gotten aDOA here and there. Out of a few dozen i have purchased i have had 2 DAO's with 1 giving out after about 2 months. I think that was a user abuse problem though.
 
@patrick47018 If memory serves, in 1990 a 500MB drive would've been HUGE. I'm not sure any desktop PC would've had such a big drive then. 40MB or 80MB were the usual as I recall.
 


I have some fairly large drives from back then. One of them is indeed
dated May 1990, a 200MB SCSI, weighs 7 lbs 12.5 oz (3.5kg), just
under 9" long, 5.25" wide, about 3" high. I use it as a doorstop. 😀
It was originally in an SGI Crimson IIRC.

Ian.

 
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