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thinkcomputers.org - 12/24/2008

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA Hard Drive Review

— thinkcomputers.org — The cost of hard drive storage keeps getting cheaper and cheaper, while the capacity getting larger and... larger. A year ago, 1TB drives were several hundred dollars. Now, they're only a few tens of dollars more than their 750 GB and 500 GB brethren. ... (more) Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA Hard Drive Review

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DriverHeaven.net — ... facilities. "We expect demand weakness to last well into the middle of the 2009 calendar year," John Coyne, president and CEO of WD said in a prepared statement. The company has seen increasingly competitive pricing from the likes of Hitachi and Seagate coupled with a decreased demand for hard drives overall. The projected revenue ceiling for the December quarter has dropped from $2.15 billion down to $1.8 billion. ____________ Source: Betanews ...

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bit-tech.net News Feed — Western Digital has announced plans to reduce headcount worldwide as well as the closure of some of its manufacturing facilities. John Coyne, chief executive officer of the hard drive manufacturer, has been quoted by BetaNews as saying that he expects the poor demand for storage products “ to last well into the middle of the 2009 calendar year, ” and has advised a new projected revenue for Q4 2008 at $1.8 billion – a significant drop from the $2.15 billion the company had previously forecast for that period. Coyne goes on to say that the company will be “ taking additional ...