*Review: PC Perspective (
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?typ...id=446&pid=2)*
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It has been a while since we have done a true hard drive review here at PC Perspective -- for the most part the world of disk (
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http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=230) a big push forward.
When Western Digital wanted to send us their latest hard drive addition for desktop users, the 750GB Caviar SE16 (
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