Miglia Dual Disk released at Macworld Expo

Miglia Technology, a European manufacturer of audio, video and storage products, announced its partnership with hard-drive maker Western Digital as well as the launch of its Miglia DualDisk product, which will feature Western Digital hard drives.

The DualDisk, which operates on a Firewire protocol and uses two ultra-slim hard drives in a horizontal format, offers speeds of 88 megabytes per second and features a proprietary DCS cooling system to help keep internal temperatures low at all times. Speed is also boosted by an onboard 16 megabytes of cache, which assists in the copy process by providing a "swap space" to use for the functions.

The drive is available in 320, 500 and 640 gigabyte capacities and retails for $399, $549 and $585 respectively. The DualDisk will be sold with a five-year manufacturer's warranty and offers a run time of 1.2 million hours before failure, approximately five times the standard run time before failure offered by its competitors. The device also features a shock-resistant aluminum case for additional protection.

Available for both the Macintosh and Windows operating systems, the DualDisk will require Mac OS 9.1/Mac OS X 10.2.5 or higher and a Firewire 800 port to run (although the drive will only operate at Firewire 400 speeds under Mac OS 9 and its variants). The DualDisk will require a Firewire 800-equipped computer running Windows XP to operate on the PC.

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