Hitler called it "lebensraum." Your last girlfriend called it "some space." Whatever you call it, whether you're a pathologically deranged murderer or a stuck-up, backstabbing harpy, chances are you need it, too: a little elbow room, some extra storage for you and the things you love. As it goes IRL, so it goes in the virtual world, too: is there ever such a thing as too much hard drive space?

Don't fence your files in. Let them roam unmolested 'midst the broad expanse of the Western Digital WD1200LB 120GB IDE Hard Drive. That's right: one-hundred-and-twenty bonafide, red-blooded American gigs to stretch out and relax in. Rotating at 7200 RPM on your radio dial, this Ultra ATA/100 drive boasts a 100MB/sec transfer rate and a 2MB cache. But here are the only stats you really need to know: 120GB for $35 equals 29 cents per gigabyte.

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