Western Digital releases its 500GB HD model

After Hitachi and more recently Maxtor and Seagate, Western Digital has finally introduced its 500GB HD model.

This drive sports 16MB of cache while rotation speed is 7200rpm.
The MTBf is 1.2 million hours and features a 5 years warranty!
Having now the three main HD manufacturers competing on the half-TB HD market should decrease the price of such models in a near future.