Well, well, well, here's a short trivia question. Anyway, there's no prize for getting it right. This time round, we're here to compare the largest giants available in the market today, each from the three most popular manufacturers, namely IBM, Western Digital and Quantum. Although I would love to have included Maxtor, but unfortunately, I didn't manage to get my hands on it. Hard disks are getting cheaper by the week, if you have noticed.
Prices seem to be dropping almost every other day.
Right now, the price is so low that it is almost unbelievable. This is of course good news to consumers like us, and it is certainly tempting to upgrade to one of these giants. Well, that depends on how much junk you download from the internet, or how productive you are in generating data. On the other hand, some power users prefer to install two to three different operating systems, and this also requires the use of big hard disks. In almost any area, be it publishing, multimedia, design or simulation, these form of usage calls for big hard disk space.