![](jpg/d3-fireball-cr_110426-145440-jc.jpg)
Quantum Fireball CR (1999)
1999: maturity
- Seagate Medalist 13640
- Quantum Fireball EX
- Seagate Medalist 17240
- Fujitsu MPC3064AT
- IBM / WD 22GXP / Expert
- Quantum Fireball CR
- Seagate U4
- Quantum Bigfoot TS
- IBM Deskstar 25GP
- Quantum Fireball Plus KA
- Quantum Fireball CX
- IBM / WD 34GXP / Expert 2
- Seagate Barracuda ATA
- Seagate U8
- Samsung SpinPoint V6800
- Quantum Fireball LCT 8
- Western Digital 136BA
- IBM Deskstar 75GXP
- Western Digital Spartan
As the decade drew towards a close, the golden era of the hard disk drive reached its peak. There were still plenty of different drives to chose from, and fierce competition was driving relentless innovation. Drives were not just getting bigger and cheaper, there was another jump up in speed to 7200 RPM and, for the first time, silent running became a feature.