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    Toshiba Intros 640GB 2.5" Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 3, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Toshiba Intros 640GB 2.5" Hard Drive
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    Toshiba today announced a 640GB 2.5-inch hard drive. The two-platter drive has a height of 9.5mm which means it will work in notebooks. Specifications include a 5400RPM speed and an 8MB cache. The drive will also be available in 160GB, 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB versions, and will go on sale in the fourth quarter of this year.

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  2. Serg

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    It seems like Toshiba is revamping their lines!
    Finally!!!
     
    Serg, Sep 3, 2009
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    If this is anything like their 500GB drive I'll buy it as soon as it comes out.
     
    Trottel, Sep 3, 2009
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    most likely 2 320GB together running in RAID sold as a single 640GB?
     
    Serg, Sep 4, 2009
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    What are you talking about?
     
    Trottel, Sep 4, 2009
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    This isn't like SSDs Serg...
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 4, 2009
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    as for the 640GB HDD, two 320 platter...no?
     
    Serg, Sep 4, 2009
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    2 platter 640gb drive=/=2 320gb HDDs running in RAID.. :)
     
    ATG, Sep 4, 2009
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    im talking non-sense, no?
     
    Serg, Sep 4, 2009
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    Somebody is trippin' balls today.
     
    Trottel, Sep 4, 2009
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    Nice idea though. Could set up RAID in notebooks with a single drive bay.
     
    Phinagle, Sep 4, 2009
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    I think I wasnt clear when I tried to exlain myself.
    I was saying that this 640GB is like the 500GB, formed by two 320GB platters running together, like the 500GB uses two 250GB platters running together.
    Or am I speaking non-sense still?
     
    Serg, Sep 5, 2009
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    Yes, that is correct. It's not the same as RAID as you initially said - that was all that was being pointed out.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 5, 2009
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    RAID isn't like that though. But your conclusion is so obvious I don't think anybody believed you were actually trying to say that.
     
    Trottel, Sep 5, 2009
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    oooooooooooh i see
     
    Serg, Sep 5, 2009
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    still many questions...
    is it a 9.5mm standard size or the bigger 12.5mm which very few notebooks can use?
    also... price? performance? power consumption? etc.
     
    __-_-_-__, Sep 6, 2009
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    Power consuption must be a battery killer...lol
     
    Serg, Sep 6, 2009
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    2 platter 9.5mm drive. The rest, we'll need to see when someone gets ahold of the drive.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 6, 2009
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