Hitachi intros first 7mm, 7,200RPM 500GB notebook drive
Hitachi staked out a claim as the top builder of thin hard drives on Wednesday through a 500GB version of the Travelstar Z7K500. The drive is the first to hit a half-terabyte at the slimmer 7mm height while keeping a full 7,200RPM spin speed and just one drive platter. Along with being the first to have both a 6Gbps SATA3 connection and a 32MB buffer, it's billed as being not just faster than other 7mm drives but faster than many regular 9mm drives as well.... ...
Published By: Electronista - Wednesday, 22 February
- New In Last 12 Hours
Vote!
Toshiba Canvio 3.0 drives now up to 1.5TB Gadgetell (Today) - Toshiba has just bumped the storage capacities of its Canvio 3.0 external drives to as...
- New In Last 36 Hours
Vote! Hitachi’s new CinemaStar 7mm drive offers 500GB on one platter Geek.com (Today) - SSDs are starting to invade small form-factor PCs and media devices as prices fall, but...
