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Seagate unveils world's thinnest 2.5-inch notebook drive
Seagate apparently went ahead of its planned CES announcement and today officially unveiled the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive. Measuring just 7mm tall rather than the usual 9.5mm, the Momentus Thin drive is aimed at the increasingly popular ultra-thin notebooks and will come in 160GB and 250GB capacities.
While some laptop manufacturers have opted for 1.8-inch drives to help shave a few millimeters off their products, these new storage devices from Seagate are supposedly far cheaper to produce and should enable a new breed of entry-level thin notebooks and netbooks. Besides offering a slimmer profile, the 2.5-inch disks still perform at typical notebook speeds with a SATA II interface, 5,400RPM spindle speeds and an 8MB cache.
No prices were disclosed. The company is first offering the drive to OEMs and expects to ship them in January.
While some laptop manufacturers have opted for 1.8-inch drives to help shave a few millimeters off their products, these new storage devices from Seagate are supposedly far cheaper to produce and should enable a new breed of entry-level thin notebooks and netbooks. Besides offering a slimmer profile, the 2.5-inch disks still perform at typical notebook speeds with a SATA II interface, 5,400RPM spindle speeds and an 8MB cache.
No prices were disclosed. The company is first offering the drive to OEMs and expects to ship them in January.
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Kibaruk on December 14, 2009 10:16 AM |
Cool! 1,8" hdd are very expensive compared to their 2,5" brothers, if this 7mm thin 2,5" can in fact be a "far cheaper" in the end will be good for us, the customers. |
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compdata on December 14, 2009 10:36 AM |
Nice :-) Now lets wait for some SSDs in that form factor :-) |
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Rapidhic on December 14, 2009 10:45 AM |
so now a notebook can have for than 3 hard disks or it just gonna make them lighter? |
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Kibaruk on December 14, 2009 11:49 AM |
Rapidhic said: Quoting from the news "enable a new breed of entry-level thin notebooks and netbooks".
so now a notebook can have for than 3 hard disks or it just gonna make them lighter? |
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xclusiveitalian on December 14, 2009 3:33 PM |
its awesome i just wish these thin laptops were cheaper so i could actually get one |
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matchu on December 14, 2009 7:50 PM |
cheap is good =) |
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Richy2k9 on December 15, 2009 5:45 AM |
hello ... looks nice, now must check the price! cheers! |
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