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Seagate Disc Drive Products Chosen as Top of the Year by Industry Experts

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Seagate Technology's extensive line of disc drive products has received widespread recognition from leading industry experts, with the Cheetah, Barracuda, and Medalist Pro families being named top products of the year in various categories. The accolades include praise from publications such as VAR Business, PC Computing, and Maximum PC, among others, for their exceptional performance, value, and reliability.

Key Takeaways:

  • Seagate's entire line of disc drive products has been praised by industry experts for their top performance, value, and reliability.
  • The Cheetah, Barracuda, and Medalist Pro families have received recognition as top products of the year in various categories.
  • The Cheetah 9LP was chosen by VAR Business as one of its top five products of 1998, recognized for its technical excellence, reliability, and quality.
  • Computer Reseller News' Test Center selected the Cheetah 9LP as the disc drive of choice for its "Ultimate PC" feature at Fall/COMDEX 1998.
  • Maximum PC selected the Cheetah 9LP as the best hard drive of the year, citing its exceptional performance and benchmarks.
  • The Barracuda 18 was chosen by PC Computing as the Most Valuable Product (MVP) award winner in the category of Network Storage.
  • PC Computing also recognized the Medalist Pro 6530 as an MVP award finalist, calling it "fast and affordable."
  • Computer Shopper picked the Medalist Pro 9140 as one of the Top 100 Products of the Year, noting its exceptional performance, economy, and dependability.

Statistics:

  • 100% of Seagate's disc drive products have been praised by industry experts for their top performance, value, and reliability.
  • 90% of the industry's top ten server systems been shown to have improved performance with Seagate drives. (TPC Test)
  • 4.0 to 5.4 Gbytes per platter areal density capability for a 3.5" disc drive with Seagate's Optically Assisted Winchester (OAW) technology.
  • 4500 RPM maximum speed for Seagate's OAW technology demonstration device.
  • 10 msec seek time for Seagate's OAW technology demonstration device.

Sources:

  • VAR Business: November 16, 1998 issue
  • Maximum PC: December 1998 issue
  • PC Computing: http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/mvpawards98/hardware-27.html
  • TPC (Top Ten TPC-C Results, sorted by Price/Performance): September 22, 1998.

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