WD Blue 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD, 5400RPM - WD renamed Green to Blue

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...-Details.asp?EdpNo=9892277&sku=WD8-103061872S

Is this some new relabled Green drive?

I know WD's drive lineup for the Blue drives used to end at 1TB. But likewise, Blue drives used to always be 7200RPM.

So when is a Blue not really a blue?

Edit: WD is explicitly renaming their Green lineup as Blue drives.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=770#Tab8

 

[Elixer]

Yeah, they dropped the "green" label, and made two "blue" labels, one is 7200RPM, the other is 5400RPM (aka the old green).

They did this to prevent confusion.
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::sigh::

The Z version is the 7200RPM ones....make that 5400 ones.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, they dropped the "green" label, and made two "blue" labels, one is 7200RPM, the other is 5400RPM (aka the old green).

They did this to prevent confusion.
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::sigh::

The Z version is the 7200RPM ones.

Actually, if you look at my link, the X models in 3.5" are the only 7200 models.

 

[Elixer]

Actually, if you look at my link, the X models in 3.5" are the only 7200 models.

D'oh, yeah, switched them around.
I am not confused at all!

BTW, they still have purple, red, red pro, RE, SE, Ae, NV, and of course blacks.

Bah.

I sure hope they don't have SSDs labeled like this as well, after the Sandisk buyout.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I kind of wish that they would re-label Black drives, as 7200RPM Blue drives, in higher capacities, but with a shorter warranty than the Black drives.

I mean, they kind of did the reverse, they re-badged the 1TB Blue drives into Black drives, and dropped the true Black drive at the 1TB point, and just extended the warranty.

 

[BFG10K]

This just causes more confusion for customers.

 

[ArisVer]

It will be interesting to know whether the new Blue 5400 disks retain the head parking feature.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

AFAIK, it does. Timer was still set to 8s on a couple of brand new Blues that I got over the weekend. wdidle took care of that