http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/ Engadget Comments for Samsung's 1TB Spinpoint F3 hard drive serves 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/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Then why are there 3 platters in the picture?]]>Jul 29th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/]]>Jul 29th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/
I wish I could do more than one "+"
+2 Internets to you.

On topic
As long as these aren't terribly more expensive than the F2's, I think I'm going to get a pair of the 500GB's to test.
I'd love to go SSD, but they are just still to high in the $/GB.]]>Jul 29th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/]]>Jul 29th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-hdd-harddrive,8279.html]]>Jul 29th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/
Example: a 1X 500Gb/plate drive can read twice the amount of data than a 2X 250Gb plate drive (all other variables being the same) as the later needs to read one full revolution for half of the data and then (with another head) another full revolution for the other half.

There are AFAIK no PC drives that feature independent heads for different platers.
]]>Jul 29th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/But if they own the patent and insist on not using it, well there's nothing to be done except roll your eyes I guess.
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Sure the Hitachi (Death)stars and WD Green drives get cheaper, but one is kind of dubious and the other is 5400 rpm.]]>Jul 29th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Jul 29th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/
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I will stick with seagate...i like having a 5 year warranty. ]]>Jul 29th 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/samsungs-1tb-spinpoint-f3-hard-drive-serves-500gb-per-platter/Because it's not a piece of junk from western digital or seagate ?
Warranties mean crap if your standing their holding your junk when your data is gone. Idiots only do warranty service on HD's with their personal data on it anyways at the price to just throw in a new one anyways.
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