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To: roger held who wrote (3959)10/30/1997 2:29:00 AM
From: Gus  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7841
 
Thanks, Roger.

"....a good cost structure that allows us to play where most of the volume is." For hard disk drives, this is in the $130-$170 range, the sweet spot for the under-$2,000 system market..."

From where you sit, how do you see this part of the market? Am I correct in assuming that they will extend the useful lives of their trailing edge TFI heads and even their trailing edge MR heads to address this market, basically a 1-3 platter and 2-6 heads segment of the market? It seems to me that the longer they make them, the cheaper those heads and platters should become.

Thanks again.

Gus



To: roger held who wrote (3959)10/30/1997 7:53:00 PM
From: Frodo Baxter  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7841
 
>I just got a gander of a spec comparison of the coming 9GB LP drives icluding SEG, IBM, QNTM, WDC, and Fujitsu and SEG has the highest areal density except for Fujitsu.

>5 platter like all the rest

If they're all 5 platters, they have the same density - 1.8/plate.


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