Eugene from Storage Review has taken a look at Western Digital's brand new Raptor WD1500 HDD:

The latest Raptor, of course, features a 10,000 RPM spindle speed. Claimed average read seek time also remains unchanged at 4.6 milliseconds. Buffer size has doubled to 16 megabytes, matching the size found in today's latest SATA units. The Raptor maintains a 2-platter design- WD has increased the line's capacity by doubling platter density to 75 GB, matching the per-platter data stored by contemporary 10K SCSI drives. WD specs the drive with a 1.2 million hour MTBF and backs it with a 5-year warranty..



Link: Storage Review