StorageReview Western Digital's Caviar WD2500KS 250GB
WD has been noticeably absent when it comes to SATA drives featuring a native, non-bridged interface. While Seagate has had native SATA designs in place for over two years now (ever since the Barracuda ATA V) and while Maxtor has boasted the MaXLine III and DiamondMax 10 (with 16 MB buffers to boot!), WD has stuck with placing bridge chips on tried-and-true designs while the market transitioned. Even the blazing 10,000 RPM Raptor remains a PATA design retrofit for SATA operation...
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