Maxtor was the first company to announce a 100GB IDE/ATA hard drive in spring 2001. The DiamondMax 536DX 100GB drive features an ATA/100 interface (backward compatible with most older IDE controllers),
2MB of cache and 5400 RPM spindle speed. (Western Digital recently announced a 100GB, 7200 RPM drive for the same price, but it was not available at retail as I'm writing this.) Although originally thought to have a 40GB/platter density,
the 100GB Maxtor actually is 33.3GB per platter. Current list price of the 100GB Maxtor drive is $299.95. OEM versions (drive only/no retail package) may be less.
This drive was purchased for a G4 Cube, which can have only one internal drive - so capacity and low-noise were major factors in choosing this model.
(BTW - Who would have thought a year or so ago you could have an 8-inch cube sized computer with 100GB of storage and 1GB of RAM.
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