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In article <3ve7m9$607@news1.best.com> cpage@shell2.best.com (Chad Page)  
writes:
#Robert Hammen (hammen@sells.com) wrote:
#: Hi folks,
#
#: ID's). I've talked to a few vendors, and they claim the drives are on
#: backorder/on production hold right now. This scares me, but I'm not sure
#: if it's sales BS or the truth. Does anyone know?
#
#	Considering the Barracuda 8 is going to be out soon, I have a 
#feeling Seagate will be dropping the slower Elite 9's - nowadays 5.25" FH 
#drives are increasingly a thing of the past...
#
#	- Chad

I disagree.
There will always be 5.25" drives since you have larger platters you get
more capacity.  For those intereseted in high capacity and not
super high access times the 5.25" drives are great.

If you want real high rotation rates and access times full height is not the
way to go.

Kent
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