1 Terabyte storage is here

I remember a time, not so long ago, when 500GB hard drives were all the hype. Then, the 750GB drives showed up, and now, the terabyte is here. For those less technically inclined, 1 terabyte equals roughly 1,000GB or 1,000,000MB of space to fill up with your favourite music, videos, etc. Now does that seem big compared to that 80GB hard drive you have in your computer? That's because it IS big.

Anandtech just reviewed Hitachi's (formerly IBM) Deskstar 7K1000 model and the results were better than expected. Maybe such a drive will make its way into my system after all.

Our limited experiences to date with the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 have been terrific and beyond expectations. The overall performance of this drive has been phenomenal and is close enough to the WD1500ADFD Raptor drive that we consider it a worthy adversary... Overall, we think Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 is the best 7200rpm drive we have tested to date... With an expected retail price of $399 or $0.40 per-Gigabyte this makes the 7K1000 a true value considering its size and performance.

My only worry, which increases with the size of the hard drives these days, still remains: Doesn't the fact that your hard drive can hold so much more data mean that you can lose so much more data all of a sudden? But enough with the free scare, just buy it and fill it up. Yes, that's a dare.