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Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives! - 8/16/2004 6:07:13 PM

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Maxtor Corp. announced a pair of Serial ATA hard drives on Monday, increasing capacities to 300 Mbytes while offering native command queuing and a significantly larger 16-Mbyte buffer.
The new 7,200-RPM drives point to a new axis for improvement in hard drives: throughput. Both the additional buffer size and the NCQ technologies are designed to move data efficiently through the hard drive, from the disk platter to the host PC.

A 300-Gbyte drive is nothing new for Maxtor; the company already ships an external OneTouch 300-GB model and a DiamondMax Plus 5,400-RPM 300-GB drive. The new 250- and 300-GB models fit within Maxtor's DiamondMax 10 family, designed for speed.

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RE: Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives! - 8/17/2004 6:29:10 AM

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I think we will review the drive soon!

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RE: Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives! - 8/17/2004 7:53:13 AM

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Thats the spirit!

Maxtor was kinda loosing grounds lately when compared to other HDD's...but...never say never...so I am glad to hear more about how this drive works! I personally own WD with 8Mb cache...but if this drive is as good as they say...I might consider about buying one in near future

Go emperor...test it ASAP

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RE: Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives! - 8/18/2004 7:46:33 AM

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I am waiting for the review too!
I would also like to know if these new drives are covered by a 3-year waranty...

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RE: Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives! - 8/18/2004 8:19:46 AM

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Yes that warranty is a must. I was lucky enough to get the IBM Deskstar 180GXP 180GB 8MB just before they took out the 3 yr comfort zone. Very reliable unit.

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