Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB Reviewed

We fully expected Seagate to beat Hitachi in the race to single terabyte drive offerings based upon expectations after their 750GB drive shipped last June. However, it now appears the Seagate 1TB drive will not ship until Q2 of this year leaving Hitachi alone at the top of the storage capacity mountain for now.

Finally… 1TB drives. While the 7K1000 proved to be amazing, they are only currently available in pre-built Dell PCs. That’s a huge burn for those who are looking for mass storage. Seagates solution should be out next quarter though, so those looking for their 1TB single-drive fix will probably have to wait until then.

Source: AnandTech