14 DAY TRIAL // While Seagate, the world's largest vendor of hard disk drives, is still having issues with its Barracuda hard drives, which have been reported to break even after a patch released by the company was applied, competitor Western Digital is expected to unveil a new product that will provide its customers with a massive 2TB of storage space. Said hard drive hasn't yet been made official, but users are expecting it to become so, since it has been listed on an Australian online retailer.
Traditional hard drives still have the advantage of providing more storage space than the faster and exponentially less loud solid state drives. If the information is correct, Western Digital could take desktop computer storage as well as consumer storage to new highs, with the release of its first 2TB hard drive.
According to the details available at mwave.com.au, where the 3.5-inch hard drive has been listed, the upcoming Western Digital Caviar Green HDD comes with platter speed of 7200RPM, 32MB of cache memory and a price tag of AU$377.80, which is approximately US$250. There are no specific details regarding the official launch of the hard drive, but it's likely that Western Digital will be announcing the new product in the upcoming hours. This will mean that Western Digital will be the first hard drive maker to provide users with a massive 2TB hard disk drive, beating Seagate and Hitachi in the process.
Seagate is also expected to unveil its own 2TB product, but the Scotts Valley, California-based company is currently having some problems with its customer support, due to some 1.5TB hard drives. In the process of dealing with said issues, Seagate has lost a considerable part of its customers' trust, some of them planning not to choose its products for any future acquisitions. This could be a great opportunity for Seagate's competitors, WD, Hitachi and Samsung, to gain a better market position.