Originally posted by: esquared
This is a Fry's B&M deal. Not Fry's online. I just searched for Seagate and there's not another current thread on Fry's B&M for a 400 GB Seagate drive.
Originally posted by: Greenman
B&M, a big pile of them in the store.
Edit: And "No linkage" is your first post ever?
You're going to fit right in...
Originally posted by: uhohs
people have been getting both 7200.9 and 7200.10 drives. luck of draw.
Originally posted by: uhohs
7200.10 uses perpendicular recording which gives better speeds.
.9 is suppose to run cooler and quieter.
i'm not sure about reliability differences.
Yes, the 7200.10 uses perpendicular recording. 7200.9 doesn't.Originally posted by: teatime0315
I was wondering. Is there a difference between 7200.9 and 7200.10 besides one being newer than the other?Originally posted by: uhohs
people have been getting both 7200.9 and 7200.10 drives. luck of draw.
Originally posted by: esquared
Yes, the 7200.10 uses perpendicular recording. 7200.9 doesn't.Originally posted by: teatime0315
I was wondering. Is there a difference between 7200.9 and 7200.10 besides one being newer than the other?Originally posted by: uhohs
people have been getting both 7200.9 and 7200.10 drives. luck of draw.
Seagate Baracuda info here
Your reference does indeed claim that 7200.10 drives feature perpendicular recording technology. It does not, however, say that 7200.9 drives do not. Newer 7200.9 drives with 160GB platters also use perpendicular recording. Click on the specifications tab on this link.
Sorry, I couldn't find a link at the newly revised seagate website. This illustrates my problem with buying a seagate drive at this time. You don't know what you're going to get. How many platters? What kind? Loud motor or quiet motor? Who knows?
Originally posted by: esquared
Your reference does indeed claim that 7200.10 drives feature perpendicular recording technology. It does not, however, say that 7200.9 drives do not. Newer 7200.9 drives with 160GB platters also use perpendicular recording. Click on the specifications tab on this link.
Sorry, I couldn't find a link at the newly revised seagate website. This illustrates my problem with buying a seagate drive at this time. You don't know what you're going to get. How many platters? What kind? Loud motor or quiet motor? Who knows?
I am not sure where you heard newer 7200.9 have perpendicular recording but you are linking to a Newegg spec which have been wrong in the past. The Seagate link is talking about the Baracuda family of 7200.9 and 7200.10 drives. The Seagate link doesn't say 7900.9 do not have perpendicular recording because it says that 7200.10 ONLY drives have perpendicular recording. That means to me that 7200.9 drives do not have this.