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I have a debate on the time period of Hard Drives having 7200rpm. When was this invented and when was it standard for desktop HDs. My internet searching skills are failing me here.

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Head on over to superuser.com to ask this question. The question is more appropriate for that site. – Doug Luxem Aug 11 '10 at 19:07
Agreed...(and I know you) – TheCleaner Aug 11 '10 at 19:09
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Much harder to answer than I thought!

According to Seagate in October 1997 "Seagate introduces first 7,200 RPM, Ultra ATA drive for desktop computers"

I don't know when they became affordable though and I can't remember the last time I used a 5400 disk in a desktop.

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