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To: Z Analyzer who wrote (7477)	12/7/1999 5:39:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Z, <<Does anyone have a very good idea of the incremental costs of going from a single platter, 2 head drive to a 2 platter four head drive? >> Media +$ 8.50 Heads + 18.00 Motor + .90 suspensions + .86 Casting + .40 e-block + .75 Channel + 3.25 Total = $ 32.66 Approx. Best, Stitch

To: Z Analyzer who wrote (7477)	12/7/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: T Bowl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

<<Are you getting any feel for the prevalance of one head drive? >> Z - I've seen references to an IDC report from 8/99 - single HEAD units are basically 0% in 99 growing to 10% in 00, 40% in 01, 65% in 02, 80% in 03. Does this sound extreme? Not when you take into acct the areal density growth… I wish I had recorded the data from a few years back. All above #s are rough(taken from pretty chart) todd

To: Z Analyzer who wrote (7477)	12/7/1999 11:21:00 PM
From: Mark Madden	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

Z - I don't think I have seen single head drives in the distributor market but I think they would appear first in the OEM market. Maxtor's new line of drives come in 10, 20, 30 & 40 gb sizes. If a manufacturer of low priced computers asked Maxtor for prices on a 5 gb drive, Maxtor would probably offer a one head drive. I do not think there is much market for 5 gb drives because only a few drives that small are offered by the distributors I am watching. I think the drive manufacturers are clearly thinking higher capacity drives are becoming more popular. That is what they are building. Regards, Mark