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    Hitachi building 400 and 500GB 2.5" hard drives

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Pitabred, Jan 3, 2008.

  1. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    nice.hard drives keep getting bigger and bigger
     
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    By February... wow, way cool. I'm gonna get one.
     
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    They are putting them in those new asus that are coming out.
     
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    I don't think they're TRUE 2.5"

    They're a couple of millimetres thicker (due to the extra platter) and hence won't be any use for nearly all laptops or for that matter enclosures, unless of course a specific laptop is built taking the bigger dimensions into account.
     
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  6. John Ratsey

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    The thickness is 1/2" (12.5mm) which was the standard thickness for 2.5" HDDs in times past (and 3/4" before that).

    See the datasheet for the full specs.

    I'm still on 250GB and have 320GB on 2 platters as an available upgrade path, so I won't be searching for a fat notebook which holds fat HDDs.

    On a related subject, are there any rumours about the HDD manufacturers bringing out a thinner HDD, now that they put 160GB on one platter?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 4, 2008
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