08.11.2010

Western Digital Announces 2.5 and 3 Terabyte Hard Drives

Western Digital has blown past the 2-terabyte barrier with a new 3.5-inch hard drive that has a whopping 3 TB of storage capacity.Drives larger than 2 TB were until recently impossible to use, because older computers could not recognize drive sizes larger than 2.2 TB.

The new SATA drive is part of WD's Caviar Green line and can be used as an external storage device or as an internal disk on select systems. The drive has a suggested retail price of $239 and is available in the United States. Western Digital also announced a 2.5 TB drive for $189.Both drives come with a three-year limited warranty, and are not sold with a hard drive enclosure.

Dining on Green Caviar

With 3 TB of storage capacity, Western Digital says you can store up to 600,000 digital photos or 750,000 MP3 song files or 360 hours of 720p or 1080i high-definition video. Western Digital's pricing means you're paying a little less than $0.08 per gigabyte on the 3 TB drive and $0.09 with the 2.5 TB model.

The new Caviar Green models have 750 GB on each drive platter (the 3 TB system has four platters). The disks rotate at 5400 rpm, have a 64MB cache and a 3-gigabit per second transfer speed.Many hard drives spin at 7200rpm or faster, but WD's lower rpm speed allows the drive to be more eco-friendly by consuming less power, hence the "Green" in Caviar Green.

The 2 TB Barrier

Older computers, typically Windows XP-era computers and older, used a partition scheme called the master boot record (MBR) that made it impossible to recognize drive sizes larger than 2.2 TB. Modern operating systems such as Windows Vista, 7 and Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard use the GUID partition table (GPT) and are able to recognize the larger drive sizes.

The GPT partition scheme is part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), an industry standard designed to modernize the boot process.

Who Can Use WD's New 2.5 and 3 TB Drives

Almost any Windows or Mac computer can use WD's new Green Caviar 3 TB drive as an external hard drive, with the exception of Windows XP systems. If you have an XP system you are out of luck, as WD's new drives do not support your system. The new Caviar Green drives can also be used as an internal secondary drive for all 64-bit systems, as well as Windows Vista and Windows 7 32-bit systems.

If you want to use the new 2.5 or 3 TB drive as your primary boot disk, things get a little bit hairier. Only 64-bit systems can use the new large-size drives as their primary hard drive. That puts Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard in the clear, according to WD, but Windows Vista and 7 users will have to make sure they are not using the 32-bit versions of those systems. To check whether you are running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows click on Start>Computer and then right-click on Properties. Then look for the line that says "System type."

Mac users should know that WD's new drives do not support , therefore they cannot be used as a dual-boot hard drive.

Western Digital says some Linux systems will also support the drives. Linux users should check with their OS provider to see if your system offers support.

More Caviar Complications

Even if you have the right operating system, your computer hardware may not be running the right firmware to easily use the new 2.5 TB and 3 TB drives. Some modern computers are hybrids that use the GPT partition system, but also use legacy BIOS firmware -- the first software that loads at boot time -- instead of the newer UEFI standards. For those systems, WD has bundled a special Advanced Host Controller Interface Host Bus Adapter with all 2.5 TB and 3 TB drives. The HBA hooks into a PCI-Express card slot and includes driver support for the larger capacity drives.

Before aempting to install the new Caviar Green drives, Western Digital advises you to check with your motherboard or hard drive enclosure manufacturer for any special requirements your system may have for supporting larger capacity drives.

If using Western Digital's new 3 TB drives sounds like too much work, another alternative is to go with . Seagate's drive comes with a hard drive enclosure, and will work with systems running Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 or higher.

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Meet Artist Liudmila Kondakova on Her 3rd U.S. Tour, Vive La France

Romantic Realist, Liudmila Kondakova, will tour Martin Lawrence Galleries.Shows will feature over twenty new original works celebrating the French region of Provence.

Greenwich, CT (Vocus) November 6, 2010

Martin Lawrence Galleries invites you to meet renowned romantic realist, Liudmila Kondakova, on her 3RD tour of the United States.

Meet Liudmila Kondakova Renowned Romantic RealistDuring Her 3nd U.S.A. Tour"Vive La France", November 2010Exhibitions featuring the artist are taking place at the following Martin Lawrence Gallery locations:

Friday, November 5th        La Jolla, CA                 7 – 9 pmSaturday, November 6th        Newport    , CA                4 - 7 pmSunday, November 7th        Universal, City Walk, Los Angeles, CA    2 – 4 pm

Friday, November 12th        New Orleans, LA                7 – 9 pmSaturday, November 13th        Oak Brook, IL                 7 – 9 pm

Friday, November 19th        Boston, MA                7 – 9 pmSaturday, November 20th        Dallas, TX                6 – 8 pm

Saturday, December 4th        366 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA    2 – 4 pm                747 Beach Street, San Francisco, CA    7 – 9 pm    

Exhibits will feature Ms. Kondakova’s hand-signed limited edition serigraph prints as well as her very popular miniature hand-signed stone lithographs.The tour will also present a very rare opportunity to acquire from over twenty new charming original gouaches and acrylic paintings that Ms. Kondakova has based on a romantic walking tour through Provence in the French countryside.“Each of these delightful originals captures the romance of a journey through the Provence region complete with lavender fields, quaint café’s and boating along the Riviera. Based on the positive early response to these works, we fully expect that all be sold before the end of the tour”, cautions Eric Dannemann, President of Martin Lawrence Galleries.Collectors should contact their local galleries immediately for information on available paintings and prints.

Liudmila Kondakova works are meticulous in detail and rich with color, clarity and light.Since her childhood in Russia, Kondakova has been fascinated by traditional art.Graduatg from the Grabar Center in Moscow, Russia’s School of Scared Arts and the Moscow Art Institute, she credits her apprenticeship with the monastic icon painters at St. Alexi Cathedral as her most influential training.Ms. Kondakova has stated that she was Martin Lawrence Galleries is renowned for offering the finest quality artworks and for maintaining the highest level of integrity and ethical standards in service to their clients. Over the last fifteen years, they have loaned two hundred fifty artworks to over thirty museums world-wide.

For more information about the works of Liudmila Kondakova, the“Vive la France” tour and the art offerings at Martin Lawrence Galleries, visitFollow us on Twitter at

November, 2010Contact:Maria Saraceno Ward203-869-9500, ext8248mward(at)chalk-vermilion(dot)com    

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Metal Signs Specialist Commissioned to Make Destination Markers

Scotways commissionsspecialist Sign Industries to produce a new range of destination markers in an effort to further improve signage across Scotland’s countryside.

(Vocus) November 3, 2010

The need to improve and create new signage across Scotland’s countryside is constant. The Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society (Scotways for short), is a long established charity dating back to 1845 and works to protect and develop access to the Scottish countryside.

Through a long established relationship, Scotways have once again assigned Sign Industries the task of producing a new range of destination sign markers, also known as ‘way marking’ signs.

Gordon Norrie, Managing Director of Sign Industries commented, “Over the past decade we have produced thousands of signs for The Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society, and it is a privilege to work with, and help a charity who we know works tirelessly in safeguarding access to the Scottish countryside for all to enjoy. A key reason for our long standing relationship is our specialist knowledge and skill set in working with metal, which is a key contributor to securing such work, as the metal signs we produce for Scotways are not only of a very high standard but more importantly are very durable, which of course is absolutely paramount”.

Norrie continued, “The Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society has been working to safeguard rights of way for 160 years, it is believed they are probably the oldest organisation in the world dedicated to improving countryside access, and we are very grateful to be given the opportunity to work with them once again”.

Sign Industries are a leading UK sign making specialist, manufacturing signs for businesses and the sign trade throughout the UK. Recently Sign Industries have also started producing unique , wall plaques andfor UK consumers to purchase using their signature materials of bronze, brass and stainless steel.

Sign Industries are based in Mains of Gardyne near Forfar, Scotland and can fulfil orders throughout the UK and overseas.

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