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From the News Desk
Wednesday, 23. April 2008
Western Digital Reveals VelociRaptor, Company’s Fastest Hard Drive
Western Digital recently started shipping the company's fastest hard drive for PCs, Macs and professional workstations, named VelociRaptor. The latest creation of the Raptor series is a 10,000 RPM SATA, 300 GB drive that offers a 35 percent performance increase and is actually a 2.5-inch enterprise form factor comprised in a 3,5-inch mounting frame with a built-in heat sink.
"We created WD VelociRaptor hard drives to lead PC enthusiasts into the next era of PC and Mac storage performance and satisfy their insatiable thirst for computing speed," Tom McDorman, VP and general manager of WD's enterprise business unit, said in a statement.
The VelociRaptor models will become available on Alienware’s ALX gaming desktop by the end of April. The company also said that the hard drives will become available through the company’s online store and at select distributors by mid-May, for a suggested retail price of USD 299.99.
"We created WD VelociRaptor hard drives to lead PC enthusiasts into the next era of PC and Mac storage performance and satisfy their insatiable thirst for computing speed," Tom McDorman, VP and general manager of WD's enterprise business unit, said in a statement.
The VelociRaptor models will become available on Alienware’s ALX gaming desktop by the end of April. The company also said that the hard drives will become available through the company’s online store and at select distributors by mid-May, for a suggested retail price of USD 299.99.
