Anyone tried a WD15EARS

[Concentric]

It's the WD Caviar Green 1.5TB with 64MB cache.

Most importantly, anyone had any problems? The WD15EADS is out of stock so thought i'd go for this one instead.

 

[novadude]

The EARS drives are the new ones that are just making it into channels, so new that I haven't even seen reviews of them yet.

 

[rmdashrrootsplat]

It's a drive using the new "Advanced Format" 4k sector size as opposed to 512B. Supported in Win Vista and up, or in Win XP with jumpers or special software.

Anandtech goes through the changes here: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3691

 

[Old Hippie]

The WD15EADS is out of stock so thought i'd go for this one instead.

Please do!

I'm anxious to see what problems this new "Advanced Format" will bring....or not bring, to the general public.

You have my Christmas blessing!

 

[Concentric]

Ha!

Thanks for the replies, especially that article rmdash.

Looks like I should avoid using this old XP machine to copy my data across (see the article) - hmm not ideal :S