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The two most recognizable names in the game, especially for the desktop hard drive market, Seagate and Western Digital. These two are both manufacturers of high quality hard disk storage Since the late 1980s, and which one makes the best station is often asked and one outstanding question.
Until the recent advent of Solid State Drives (SSDs), almost probably either Seagate or Western Digital, but there are several other manufacturers with a significant market share. Let's take a quick look at each:
Seagate - Based on the Cayman Islands, Seagate was founded in 1979, and produced the industry's first 5.25-inch hard drive in 1980. The 5.25-inch form factor was an early stand, later to make room for the 3.5 inch standard today. Always pushing the envelope for better, faster storage, Seagate introduced the Barracuda, the first 7200 rpm hard drive in November as a semiconductor chip manufacturer, mainly for calculators. In the year 1980 she moved to hard disk controllers, and in 1988 acquired the ability to drive itself Tandon, in 2003 and quickly became a hit with competition in this group for the desk-top market. Makers Hitachi, Toshiba, Samsung and Fujitsu are more likely to be found in laptops, because they specialize
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