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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
G-Technology External Drives Equipped With Faster
Hitachi GST Hard Drives
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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today
announced that it has added two new hard drives to its
portfolio of high quality solutions ? the 1TB
Travelstar 5K1000 and the 4TB Deskstar 7K4000.
Both hard drives will ship in its line of G-Technology
branded solutions, which are exclusively designed for
the Apple Mac and content creation community.
The G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile and G-DRIVE mobile USB
are stylish and thin portable drives designed for
Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air. They offer
Mac plug and play simplicity, and storage capacities up
to 1TB using Hitachi 5,400 RPM drives. Wrapped up in
their sleek enclosure is the new, rugged Hitachi
Travelstar 5K1000 hard drive. The Travelstar 5K1000 is
the first 1TB 2.5-inch drive with a 6Gb/s SATA
interface and delivers the highest 5,400 RPM
performance in both PCMark Vantage and PCMark7 testing,
according to Hitachi. The G-DRIVE mobile offers both
USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 connectivity, while the
G-DRIVE mobile USB offers USB 2.0. Both drives are Time
Machine ready and are bus powered.
The new G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile USB drive will be
shipping in limited quantities in January to online and
retail stores. Suggested retail pricing will be $179.99
for 1TB and $149.99 for 750GB. The 1TB G-DRIVE mobile
will be shipping Q1'12 with an MSRP of $199.99.
G-Technology's G-RAID and G-DRIVE solutions also now
feature Hitachi's massive 4TB, 7,200 RPM Deskstar
7K4000 hard drives. The new Deskstar 7K4000 drive
boasts a 6Gb/s SATA interface and 64MB cache buffer,
helping the G-DRIVE and G-RAID solutions provide quick
access to data. Featuring nothing but 7,200 RPM hard
drives and an all-aluminum enclosure for a cool
operation, both G-Technology external drives offer
flexibility by providing 3Gbit eSATA, FireWire 800
(FireWire 400 via included cable) and USB2.0 ports. The
G-RAID and G-DRIVE solutions are formatted for Mac OS X
systems right out of the box and are Time Machine
ready. A simple initialization is required to prepare
the drives for use with Windows systems. Specific
product details include:
- G-RAID - The G-Technology G-RAID is a fast, dual
drive RAID 0 storage solution with capacities up to
8TB. It supports simultaneous playback of multiple
layers of HDV, DVCPRO HD, XDCAM HD and ProRes 422 HQ
with the leading video editing applications including
Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and more. The G-RAID
solution is capable of delivering up to 200 MB/second
transfer rate when connected to any Mac or PC via
eSATA. Its soft-touch On/Off switch and
thermo-regulated "smart" fan keeps the G-RAID cool and
quiet in the editing suite. Shipping in Q1'12, the 8TB
G-RAID will have an MSRP of $899.99.
- G-DRIVE - The G-Technology G-DRIVE is a professional
strength external hard drive in a single-drive desktop
solution. The 4TB G-Technology G-DRIVE will be shipping
in limited quantities in Q1'12. Suggested retail
pricing will be $449.99 for 4TB, $349.99 for 3TB,
$249.99 for 2TB and $199.99 for 1TB.
Hitachi GST will be shipping its Travelstar 5K1000 and
Deskstar 7K4000 drives to OEMs, distributors and
channel partners in Q1 2012. |
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