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WD's MyBook takes a Thunderbolt to the chest

2-drive external storage system for mega-fast read/writes

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WD has announced its new Thunderbolt-bolstered MyBook, telling us that we can soon eyeball the super speeded-up gear at a demo at the Macworld/iWorld show.

The company said: "Thunderbolt technology is capable of producing up to 10Gbps of throughput on each of two channels in both directions.

"Users can experience very fast read/write speeds especially during applications such as video editing, 3D rendering, and other intense graphics projects... HD media creators will be able to transfer a standard size full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds."

The coming product is the MyBook Thunderbolt Duo, a two-drive external storage system.

Jody Bradshaw, the general manager of WD's consumer storage business seemed excited about the possibility of "daisy-chaining of up to six My Book Thunderbolt Duo systems or other high performance peripherals".

Sounds wonderful. I want one! And a Thunderbolted Mac too, of course, and a Thunderbolted display and... Dear bank manager... ®

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The thought occurs...

"...will be able to transfer a standard size full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds."

*MPAA suffers collective heart failure*

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*MPAA suffers collective heart failure*

*MPAA suffers collective heart failure*

I live in hope.

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No silly

That would not work if it's using the same mechanical spinner and circuitry. It still has to read the discs sequentially. What you thought each platter has it's own independent read/write head? Foolish mortal.

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