Comments on: Western Digital to release faster, bigger notebook drives http://gigaom.com/mobile/western-digital-2/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Avram Piltch http://gigaom.com/mobile/western-digital-2/#comment-370336 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:39:18 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/western-digital-2#comment-370336

Actually, you can pop one of these into the new MSI Wind (it comes with a 5400 rpm scorpio preinstalled). You’ll void the warranty on the Wind, of course, but it may be worth it.

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Erm… What about power usage. I thought the limiting speed factor of 5400rpm in most notebook drives was there because it was the best balance of speed and power consumption. Have they started using more efficient motors?

]]> By: Kolbi http://gigaom.com/mobile/western-digital-2/#comment-370338 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:12:53 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/western-digital-2#comment-370338 actually you ARE likely to see them in all the subnotes, just look at the HP 2133. so why is that? because they are CHEAP. those awful, small, slow, 1.8″ HDD’s are very expensive in comparison. this is 1 of the advantages of cheap subnotes over the premium subnotes (Fujitsu, Sony). because they cant just pop in a 1.8″ HDD & pass the cost along to the consumer like they did before. they have to make better engineering efforts now to fit the 2.5″ in small frames.

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