160GB DiamondMax Hard Drive

Whether or not you embrace advances like using a hard drive as a VCR, you can thank these burgeoning technologies for making the drives bigger and cheaper. Where once it seemed as though apps increased in size to match every increase in hard drive space, now the drives are staying a bit further ahead of the game. I thought the Western Digital 120 GB drive we saw last week was big, but this week, Maxtor takes the lead in capacity with its new DiamondMax D540X. The 160GB and 120GB DiamondMax D540X hard disk drive kits, as well as the 80GB DiamondMax Plus D740X, all incorporate the Ultra ATA/133 interface, also known as Fast Drive technology. The 160GB DiamondMax D540X also makes use of Maxtor's Big Drive technology to break the 137GB PC OS recognition barrier. Maxtor is including an Ultra ATA/133 PCI adapter card with select DiamondMax D540X and DiamondMax Plus D740X retail drive kits. This introductory promotion is being offered for the D540X (5400 rpm) 120GB and 160GB drives and the D740X (7200 rpm) 80GB drive. The MSRP for the 80GB DiamondMax Plus D740X is $229.95. Prices for the 120GB and 160GB DiamondMax D540X are $279.95 and $329.95, respectively. The ATA/133 card promotion will run through the end of December 2001.