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They aren't the first to have a 640GB notebook drive, with Western Digital beating them to the punch by several months. Both drives have comparable specifications, so there's nothing spectacular about Seagate's release. We can expect the Momentus 5400.7 to sell for around $120, comparable to the Western Digital Blue Scorpio.
These two vendors are now the only ones to offer 640GB 2.5" drives. Will others move in as well, or instead reach for the loftier goal of 1TB? As demand increases for higher-capacity SSDs, we must wonder if SSDs or traditional disks will be the R&D priority for this year.
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I'd like to see more SSD development. More of that = cheaper products = hurray ^^
If they weren't so expensive, I would've bought an SSD for my build. oH well.
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... and Western Digital released the 1TB, 2.5" Scorpio Blue a long time ago.
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At this point my next computer will be dual drive (small fast SSD with large traditional HD). Would love to see SSD's come down in price and go up in size to the point where i can have one drive :-)
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Puiu said:
In 2011 SSD's will become more affordable and in 2012-2013 they will become mainstream (good prices and good performance - yes!!).
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But the 1Tb WD notebook drive is a 12.5mm height drive, whereas the 640Gb drives are the more common 9mm height drives.
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