With the launch of Seagate’s groundbreaking Barracuda XT, there’s now a Barracuda drive for every need. Which one’s right for you?
David Burks explains it well in this video. David blogs at The Digital Den.
Mark Wojtasiak sums it up nicely on his Storage Means Business blog.
Not only do these drives cover the needs of the market, they do [...]
October 27, 2009 - 11:23 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Desktop PC, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 3.5", 6G, 7200.11, 7200.12, applications, barracuda, barracuda lp, Barracuda XT, best, choose, colorado, contrast, david burks, disk drive, expert, Green, hard drive, how to, longmont, low power, Reviews, sata, Seagate, Seagate Barracuda "Barracuda XT" "Barracuda LP" 7200.12 7200.11 "Western Digital" WD "3.5 SATA" 6G green "low power" Longmont Colorado "David Burks" expert "how to" howto choose contrast applications , video, WD, western digital
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When I’m in the cereal isle at the grocery store, I’m OK with letting marketing have its way with me. Sell me something “New!”, even if it’s really just a repackaging of the same old stuff.
But when I buy technology, I’m less tolerant of the “shiny new penny” approach. I want to know what I’m [...]
October 12, 2009 - 9:16 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Green, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 2TB, 5400 rpm, 5900 rpm, Barefeats, Green, green drive, hard drive, IntelliPower, Maximum PC, review, Seagate, WD, western digital
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Seagate was recognized as the greenest storage device manufacturer by Newsweek in their 2009 Green Rankings of Fortune 500 companies. Seagate was ranked 182 positions higher than its nearest competitor on the list.
Just as significantly, Seagate is a strategic supplier to the #1, #2 and #4 ranked technology companies – HP, Dell and IBM. Seagate’s [...]
October 7, 2009 - 7:52 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Green
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Tagged #1, 2009, Apple, best, Bromine, Chlorine, chosen, dell, disclosure, disk drive, efficiency, Fortune 500, Green, greenest, hard drive, HP, ibm, leader, low power, materials, Newsweek, rankings, Seagate, storage, storage device, supply chain, toxic substances, WD, western digital
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A recent BusinessWeek article shows how Steve Jobs is driving a new level of environmental sensitivity at Apple. It’s happening at all of the major technology brands these days. This is good for us all.
That said, it’s not easy. Changing the material makeup of consumer electronics and other devices has a cascading effect on the supply [...]
October 5, 2009 - 10:45 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Reviews, Trends
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Tagged Apple, energy efficiency, Green, green drive, IT, low power, Seagate, sustainability, WD, western digital
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Maximum PC: “Barracudas eat Caviar for breakfast”
Seagate’s Barracuda LP drive bested Western Digital’s Caviar Green drive in both power and performance in the new issue of Maximum PC magazine.
The results of the head-to-head tests of the two 2 TB low-power drives:
Barracuda LP used less power than WD’s Green drive
Barracuda LP performed 20% faster (sustained data [...]
September 18, 2009 - 11:00 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Consumer Storage, Green, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 2 TB, best, bested, better, comparison, competition, energy efficient, fastest, Green, green drive, low power, lowest, Maximum PC, performance, review, Seagate, terabyte, WD, western digital
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Overclocker recommended the Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB disk drive in a recent review:
“The performance is good, the price is good, and anything that costs less to operate has to be good.”
The great thing about the Barracuda LP drive is its unique 5900 rpm spin speed, which reduces its power consumption compared to 7200 rom drives about [...]
August 3, 2009 - 8:11 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Desktop PC, Green, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 2 TB, 2TB, 5900 rpm, 7200 rpm, barracuda lp, best, cheapest, desktop, disk drive, Green, high capacity, low power, Overclocker, recommended, review, Seagate, terabyte, WD
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Maximum PC gave the 2-platter 1 TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive a score of 9/10 – “Kick ass” in their ratings system. It blew away the competition in performance.
What’s the big deal about two platters?
More data per disk means higher areal density, which means better performance.
Seagate is the first drive manufacturer to get to 1 TB on [...]
July 8, 2009 - 10:30 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Desktop PC, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 1 TB, 2 platter, 2 TB, 7200, 9/10, arial density, barracuda, Barracuda 7200.12, best, Caviar, desktop, disk drive, fastest, Green, Maximum PC, performance, rating, review, Samsung, Seagate, SpinPoint, terabyte, top, WD, western digital
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Today Seagate launched the Seagate Barracuda LP drive. It’s the world’s most efficient desktop-class drive. What does that mean?
The 1 TB version uses 3.0 Watts of power at idle. No 1 TB drive uses less.
It comes with up to 2 TB of capacity. No drive holds more.
It spins at 5900 rpm, faster [...]
April 24, 2009 - 10:35 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Backup, Desktop PC, Products
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Tagged 2 TB, 2 terabyte, 5400 rpm, 5900 rpm, barracuda lp, cool, Desktop PC, disk drive, external storage, Green, green drive, low power, Pete Steege, quiet, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, watts, WD
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Silent PC Review tested – and I mean tested! - the latest 500GB 2-platter 2.5″ drives from Seagate and WD. Their conclusion for notebook users looking to replace their existing drive is that “Seagate gets the nod” with the Momentus 5400 drive with its lower idle noise.
Notebook and desktop PCs spend most of their time in idle mode. This is true even [...]
March 6, 2009 - 5:17 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Notebook PC, Products, Reviews
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Tagged 2 platters, 500GB, acoustics, momentus, notebook, Pete Steege, review, Seagate, Seagate Blogs, Silent PC Review, WD
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Comprehensive evaluation of the top four 7200 rpm notebook drives
Tom’s Hardware compared performance notebook drives from Seagate, Hitachi, Samsung and WD with the depth and precision that only Tom’s can. The value-add here is their understanding of the complex mix of factors that interact in real-life notebook use: performance, power, durability, security.
Note that “performance” class 7200 [...]
August 29, 2008 - 7:09 am
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By Pete Steege
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Posted in Notebook PC, Products
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Tagged 7200 rpm, G-Force, Hitachi, momentus, notebook, review, Samsung, Seagate, Tom's Hardware, WD, zero-G
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