Roundup: twelve 1 TB hard drives! Posted on 21/09/2010 at 00:00 by Damien
After publishing our report on 2 TB drives, we’re throwing ourselves back into the breach with a selection of 1 TB drives! More common, these drives have been on the market since 2007, the first manufacturer to sell a drive at this capacity being Hitachi with the 7K1000. At the time the 7K1000 1 TB used no less than five 200 GB platters. Things have changed somewhat since then and the 1 TB drives in 2010 have three 333 GB or even two 500 GB platters...
After publishing our report on 2 TB drives, we’re throwing ourselves back into the breach with a selection of 1 TB drives! More common, these drives have been on the market since 2007, the first manufacturer to sell a drive at this capacity being Hitachi with the 7K1000. At the time the 7K1000 1 TB used no less than five 200 GB platters. Things have changed somewhat since then and the 1 TB drives in 2010 have three 333 GB or even two 500 GB platters...