Western Digital releases new 300GB Raptor Hard Drive

Western Digital launches a new 300GB Raptor to their hard drive arsenal.  This one still touts the 10,000RPM spindle speed of its predecessor but there’s something different about this one.  It has 2 x 2.5″ platters inside its 3.5″ housing.  This shrinkage sports a comfortable 35% increase in data transfer rates.  That’s impressive considering how fast the current Raptor hard drives are.  Can’t wait to see some real world performance benchmarks to see if this is really true.  The Reg reports.