An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor

Introduction

Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at the Kinkerstraat in Amsterdam. I was there to buy a Western Digital Raptor model WD740, with 74 GB of capacity, running at 10,000 RPM.

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When I bought this drive, we were still …