Acer and Asustek to use Seagate 160GB notebook HDD

User Comments: 9

1. January 25, 2006 5:17 PM
   PanicX said:
   Kudos to Acer and Asustek. It drives me nuts when customizing a laptop purchase and your only choices for harddrives are 60Gb or 80Gb. It's rediculous that there's not more options available through OEM's when 100, 120 and 160GB models are out already. If Acer or Asustek get Yonah processor models up sometime soon, I'll be looking at them for my laptop purchase.
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2. January 25, 2006 6:41 PM
   gamingmage said:
   Wow this will help Acer and Asustek if they can get the deal. The hard drive alone is a credit to Seagate. Hopefully in the future they can get even larger drives out on the market.
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3. January 25, 2006 9:14 PM
   exscind said:
   About time someone decided to use Seagate's 160GB HDD! And I agree, one of the biggest turn-offs for laptops (for me anyway) is the lack of storage space. I don't like having to carry around a huge hunkin' piece of external drive storage. And CDs/DVDs aren't really great alternatives because of the lack of speed when having the need to access or retrieve files. The tone-down to 4,200 RPM to extend battery life is also a great additive to the already fantastic 160GB drive. Overall, I am very impressed with Seagate in the storage market right now.
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4. January 25, 2006 10:53 PM
   mav451 said:
   Very very nice. This along with Seagate buying out Maxtor a few weeks earlier...Seagate really making moves in the hard drive market =D.Always good news for us.
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5. January 26, 2006 8:42 AM
   canadian said:
   I wonder how long until there are 500 gigabyte harddrives in laptops.
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6. January 26, 2006 12:41 PM
   PUTALE said:
   good new that laptop HD keeps getting larger. NOw if and only if the price will drop more to be more affordable.
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7. January 27, 2006 7:43 AM
   djleyo said:
   the think i like more about this drive is the power efficiency mode because this way you can cram more video power to your laptop without having to compromise battery lifei think this is the most important to me for laptops (battery life)
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8. January 27, 2006 11:06 AM
   mentaljedi said:
   [b]Originally posted by djleyo:[/b][quote]the think i like more about this drive is the power efficiency mode because this way you can cram more video power to your laptop without having to compromise battery lifei think this is the most important to me for laptops (battery life)[/quote]Idon't agree. For me that's second. For me its lifespan (How long before it becomes obsolete), in other words GHZ. If it aint above 1.8, then its not worth it especially with Vista (shudders) comeing out. Hey, does anyone know if Vista will be realease for laptops? I mean, i heard some PCs have trouble with it so...
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9. January 29, 2006 9:06 AM
   ALEKXANDER said:
   [b]Originally posted by mentaljedi:[/b][quote][b]Originally posted by djleyo:[/b][quote]the think i like more about this drive is the power efficiency mode because this way you can cram more video power to your laptop without having to compromise battery lifei think this is the most important to me for laptops (battery life)[/quote]Idon't agree. For me that's second. For me its lifespan (How long before it becomes obsolete), in other words GHZ. If it aint above 1.8, then its not worth it especially with Vista (shudders) comeing out. Hey, does anyone know if Vista will be realease for laptops? I mean, i heard some PCs have trouble with it so...[/quote]In my opinion there should not be any incompatibility issue at least with the hi-end notebooks that carry enough power (CPU, RAM, Graphics), couse it is (will be) in Microsoft best interest that Vista is compatible with everything. I don't use notebokk couse for me its a bit absolete, workstation its quite suitable for me, but with 160gb drive I can just see how great it will be to put it in my pocket as external HDD drive and just brag about it infornt of my friends , joking, but as small external drive will be really useful for me to cary around for example my video project.
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