Western Digital 250 GB drives in 2.5-inch; where’s the 1.8-inch love?
Western Digital joins the 250 GB notebook drive party today and at very competitive price. $199 is the MSRP for the WD Scorpio, which is, let me see….carry the two….divide by seven….and…uh…well lets just say it’s inexpensive at under a dollar a gig. PMR or Perpendicular Magnetic Recording is the magic that allows for so many bits and bytes to be crammed in a 2.5-inch drive. The new WD Scorpio provides WhisperDrive technology (something I’d love for the kids to have in the car) to keep the 5200 RPM spinner at its quietest
I know I’m in the minority, but when will see some uber-capacity in the 1.8-inch form factor?
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Boo Hoo For You (er me too)
This is the big reason why I have yet to be strongly tempted to replace my eo v7110 (Amtek T700) with any of the new 2nd generation models released so far. The 1.8″ drives just don’t have the capacity that I need/want for my UMPC. I have a 160GB drive in my eo and I would have a rough time settling for much less than that…
How about a 1.8 HDD that runs at 5200 or even 7200rpm?
Toshiba just released the MK1011GAH, 100gb 1.8″ drive.
Quote: “WhisperDrive technology (something I’d love for the kids to have in the car)”
Just Buy a “Click” remote control (lol)
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