Fat New HDD Drives
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EVERY TIME WE THINK THE magnetic hard drive is dead, new life is breathed into them. We haven’t seen a new 2.5-inch drive for years, the format seemingly peaking at 5TB. However, Western Digital has squeezed an extra terabyte in. Its new 6TB versions are available across WD’s external My Passport range—four in all, as well as ScanDisk’s ArmorATD. Prices range from $185 to $230, depending on the enclosure and compatibility. This is, according to WD, enough to store 150 AAA gaming titles. The drive is taller than the 5TB version, hence it’s external rather than internal, not that there are many laptops with spinning drives anymore.