• Torley_B
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    1 year ago

    DataHoarderNostalgia! I remember the reputation these had, and the cool name. Before SSDs, I was big into these.

    More background:

    https://louwrentius.com/an-ode-to-the-10000-rpm-western-digital-velociraptor.html

    For consumers and enthusiast, the Raptor was an amazing boot drive. The 74 GB model was large enough to hold the operating system and applications. The bulk of the data would still be stored on a second hard drive either also connected through SATA or even still through PATA.