http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/ Engadget Comments for Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 HD packs 500GB per platter http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148377
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Is there really THAT much of an advantage to go for these higher-capacity-per-platter drives instead of existing ones of the same overall capacity?]]>Jan 6th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
Many of the data recovery shops won't even try a 5-platter swap with the 7200.11 drives, but don't have any issue with a 2- or 3-platter transplant...]]>Jan 7th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
Shouldn't we only see a 500GB and 1TB version?

Also, if they use four platters shouldn't we see a 2TB HDD?]]>Jan 6th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/

"New 5 Terabyte drive for $150.00"]]>Jan 6th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
I'm waiting for the day that I can get something over 500GB for my laptop.]]>Jan 6th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
http://www.addonics.com/products/enclosures/AE25RDESU.asp

Won't solve your internal drive problem, but for an external allows you to go up to 1TB in a "relatively" small form factor and weight, certainly smaller than a 3.5" external drive.

But yeah, I'm waiting patiently for that 640GB/750GB 2.5" next step too...]]>Jan 6th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/500GB
1TB
1.5TB
2TB

Freaking cheap... only $65 for 500Gb]]>Jan 6th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
And how does the 750GB version work?]]>Jan 6th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/mo porno
mo porno]]>Jan 6th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nWy8pmIM4
Ooh, Barracuda!]]>Jan 6th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
I purchased two 1.5 TB Seagates and have been using them a lot (filled already) and they have worked great, no freeze-ups, etc. That problem was fixed for the newer drives and if you have one of the older drives you can get a firmware update to resolve it...]]>Jan 6th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 6th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
They should be faster than older drives, though.]]>Jan 6th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/Jan 7th 2009 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
How does this compare performance wise to recent 7200rpm drives? That sounds ridiculously fast for sustained read.]]>Jan 7th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/seagates-barracuda-7200-12-hd-packs-500gb-per-platter/
watch, seagate gonna one up us and put out the 32meg version when we all bought the 16meg version lol]]>Jan 8th 2009 1:35PM