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Solve : Western Digital delivers 250G notebook drive?

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Western Digital's latest Scorpio SATA hard drive sets a new capacity standard of 250G for the 2.5in form factor.


Designed for use in notebooks and PORTABLE storage, the company claims the drive is quieter, cooler and uses less power. The capacity is achieved with two 125G platters using perpendicular magnetic recording technology. Power consumption and noise levels are reduced by employing head seek algorithms that adjust the speed of the ACTUATOR so the head reaches the target position just in time to read or write the data. According to Western Digital officials, this smooth MOTION reduces power usage by more than 60 percent. Despite this, the average seek time is 12ms with an average latency of 5.5ms.


The 5400rpm drive also features an 8M cache. Mechanical improvements further reduce the noise levels while providing excellent shock tolerance to help protect data in mobile applications.

"The WD Scorpio 250G hard drive is a direct result of the significant investments WD has made in proprietary head technologies as well as significant system level feature innovation," said Jim Morris, vice president and general manager of notebook storage.

The retail price of the 250G Scorpio drive is expected to be $US199.99.

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12352/53/Do you think it'll work on my Compaq 1750? It's currently got a ... 3GB HDD! Good to see more advances in notebook technology.
The HDD was one of the areas they lagged behind in, this evens it up a little.Ugh why does it have to be 5400RPM? I think I understand why they continue to use 5400RPM (power issues), but that was one of my biggest complaints about my last laptop was the slow 5400RPM access times.Ah, so it is.
That's gutting.
I love my 7200rpm drive, it's nice and fast.
I don't think I could go back to a 5400rpm drive now.


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