The new Seagate 600 is the manufacturer's first consumer solid-state device, and it's a solid first effort with some unique features.

This Barracuda XT is a typical 3.5-inch hard drive: It spins at 7,200 rpm has 64MB of cache, and supports the new 6-Gbps SATA III technology for top-speed data transfers.

The Barracuda's transfer speed is fast, and the drive held its own on Media center, Vista startup, and application-loading tests.