Western Digital

• Manufacturer - Western Digital Corporation
• Manufacturer Part Number - WDBABC5000ANC-ERSN
• Manufacturer Website Address - www.wdc.com
• Brand Name - Western Digital
• Product Line - Scorpio Blue
• Product Model - WDBABC5000ANC-ERSN
• Product Name - Scorpio Blue WDBABC5000ANC-ERSN Hard Drive
• Marketing Information -

  With available SATA or PATA interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability.

• Package Type - Retail
• Product Type - Hard Drive
• Storage Capacity - 500 GB
• Host Interface - Not Applicable
• Hard Drive Interface - SATA
• Form Factor - Internal
• Drive Width - 2.5"

Western Digital Cororpation or WD as the company is commonly referred to, is a manufacturer of computer hard drives (hard disk drive). Western Digital has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit and storage products maker. Western Digital was first started April 23 1970 under the name General Digital and was first in the manufacturing of MOS semiconductor test equipment. Using startup capital from individual investors and the widely known Emerson Electric Company. Western Digital moved to Lake Forest, California USA and adopted to their current name by July 1971. Western Digital is currently without doubt one of the largest hard drive company in the world with a total revenue of US$7.453 billion and 51,000 employees, this is a far cry from a company that started making their money selling calculator chips back in the 1970s.