Seagate completes the acquisition of Maxtor, further narrowing the field of hard drive manufacturers.
Seagate's Momentus 5400.3 notebook hard drive is the first 2.5-inch model to use perpendicular magnetic recording, which boosts its capacity up to 160GB.
Seagate releases the Barracuda 7200.10, at 750GB the largest hard drive to date.
Western Digital launches its 10,000-rpm Raptor X SATA hard drive, boosting its capacity to 150GB and placing a flashy transparent window that allows specially designed computer cases to showcase its inner workings.