Barracuda ATA IV

[Guest]

do you guys plan on doing any reviews on the Barracuda ATA IV?

and does anybody know when this thing will start selling?

thanks!

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[FatBurger]

I don't think there are many people on here that actually do reviews. Chris_Ludwig does, I believe. Don't know who else.

As for Tom, we don't have any say for him. He doesn't come around here.

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[Guest]

I know nothing about who will be doing reviews, but once it starts showing up at resellers I guess somewhere like Storage Review will do a piece on it since they have already shown interest in the drive.

As for when it will start selling, it is currently shipping to OEMs and *SHOULD* be avaliable to the general public sometime around the end of this month, or early next month. This is going off of what I was told when I called Seagate about release dates and pricing. The guy I spoke with estimated the 60gig drive would be around $250, maybe a bit more. Only time will tell. I know this will be the drive going in my new machine, it is pimpin' for sure

Tap

 

[Guest]

I guess this drive is up on Pricewatch as of the 13th. The 80gb version is selling for $194. I'm ordering mine as I type this, so I should have it early next week. I just hope my old 200mmx MB can actually support this thing...I doubt it

Just for reference, since this info isn't up on Seagate's website yet, here are the model numbers for all of the Barracuda IV drives.

15gb = ST315313A
20gb = ST320011A
30gb = ST330011A
40gb = ST340016A
60gb = ST360021A
80gb = ST380021A <---- I'm ordering this one

Tap<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Tap on 07/19/01 07:48 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[lhgpoobaa]

try
http://www.storagereview.com

if its a HDD, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, SCSI or controller, they will benchmark it.


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[Guest]

would anybody mind linking to a couple places that sell the 40 gigger? you can get the 60 and 80 gigger at www.mwave.com

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