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You are well aware of Western Digital. It is among the best hard disk drive manufacturers. WD HDDs have six color codes: blue, red, black, green, purple, and gold. Let’s have a deeper look into the ...

A colleague, Tom Gardner, who has also worked in the hard disk drive industry collaborated with me to put together a history of hard disk drive industry revenues and shipments since the invention of ...

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External hard drives are essential pieces of equipment for photographers and videographers looking to store, back up, or transfer their catalog of images. Unlike the internal hard drive that sits ...