Hard Drives... What is now reasonably priced but just behind "cutting edge"?

"John Weiss" <jrweiss98155nospamatnospamcomcastdotnospamnet> wrote in
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> "GT" <ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote...
>>
>>> I'd look at the WD Caviar SE16 series and the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
>>> series. They both have perpendicular recording technology in the large
>>> capacity HDs, that gives higher data density and better performance.
>>
>> I don't believe my new WD5000AAKS (SE 16) has perpendicular recording,
>> although I may be wrong. I think only the seagates have that at the mo.
>
> WD has it in their 750
> (http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...?DriveID=311):

Cool - so we're both right!! That drive wasn't available when I bought my
500 a few months back.