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    7,200 RPM 100G Hard Drives?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by rookwood, Mar 11, 2005.

  1. rookwood

    rookwood Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know for certain when the reported 7,200 RPM 100 mb hard drives will arrive on the scene? I've heard the end of this month. I want to order a new Dell Precision mobile M70, but without the option of dual 7,200 hard drives available, I wiuld wait if the wait isn't too long.
     
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  2. andy2434

    andy2434 Notebook Consultant

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    Not for certain, but soon, I trust. Waiting for news on Seagates' new 7200 rpm 100gb Momentus for notebooks. Hurry!

    Dell Inspiron 8600:
    * 1.6 Ghz Pentium M * 1024 MB DDR SDRAM * 100 Gb Seagate Momentus 5400 Rpm HD * 15.4" WSXGA+ * Internal Bluetooth * Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 * 4x CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) * ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo 128 MB * Win XP Pro SP2 *

    * Apple 17" PowerBook G4 * 14" Toshiba Tecra 8000 * Apple 14" iBook G4 *
     
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  3. CathDAT

    CathDAT Newbie

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    Good, I thought they'd never break the 100 Gig mark. Then again, I'm still using a 60 Gig 7200 rpm.

    Any idea what they will cost?

    CathDAT
    Grumpily gaming online since 1990.

    "Hey you kids, get off my lawn!"
     
    CathDAT, Mar 13, 2005
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  4. Gargoyle

    Gargoyle Notebook Evangelist

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    I wonder how long till we see the 10,000 rpm drives in notebooks[?]

    My X6000 Specs.
    Pentium 4. 540 w/HT
    New Pci. Express
    ATI X600 video card
    1GB DDR2 ram expandable to 2GB
    80G harddrive
    17.0" WXGA+ BrightView screen
    Full desk type like key board
    DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
    wireless Lan.
    1 ExpressCard/54 Slot
     
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  5. yassarian

    yassarian Notebook Deity

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    deminishing margin of return = probably never.

    the difference between 5400rpm and 4200rpm is MUCH greater than that of 7200 and 5400 -- why? notebook HD is small, the distance the head have to travel isn't very far, and as the platter become denser and denser -- the head have to travel even less space. So the benefit of the faster drive spin become marginalized. Which is why you see that even on the bigger 3.5" desktop drives, SCSI has had the 12k rpm drive for like 3-4 yrs now. Even on the bigger drives, ppl realized that any faster, the benefit does not outweigh the risk.

    2.5", 10k probably won't happen just because the benefit of a marginal speed increase will not be enough to offset the higher power requirement and possible chance of higher failure rate.

    cheers,

    yass
     
    yassarian, Mar 13, 2005
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