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2.5' 500gb 7200rpm Hd
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I've been following this thread about it, it seems to have the most up to date info:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=271131&page=29
I just gave up on waiting though, going with a 320 instead, since I only have a 120 right now anyways.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=271131&page=29
I just gave up on waiting though, going with a 320 instead, since I only have a 120 right now anyways.
Oh sweet, thanks for providing that link.
Now I actually know they do exist.
http://www.betterit.com.au/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=124016
SEAGATE MOMENTUS 7200.4 2.5 500GB SATA
16MB CACHE * G-FORCE PROTECTION * 3-YEAR WARRANTY
Pre Order OK
99+ available in next shipment
due to distributor 25/01/09
I guess the first one will come from Seagate by Jan. 24/25
After their 1.5TB desktop drive fiasco, I'd suggest you wait a couple of weeks after its release to make sure there are no issues with the drive.
Wise move. I just got a WD 500GB 5400RPM. If this seagate turns out to look like a winner I can always upgrade. Laptop hard drives are cheap.
No offense to anyone, but what is with the reason for high speed HDD on a notebook? Obviously a MBP has all the power of a desktop, but if you're doing work that requires high speed data access then you're probably working at your desk so wouldn't you be better off spending that extra cash on an external FW/eSATA drive? You'd get more capacity for less cost, your data is more secure because you aren't dragging it with you and you'll keep better battery life on your notebook with a 5400 drive.
Anyway, I just picked up a 500GB Passport drive for $129 @ Costco. I popped open the case (using 2 credit cards) and put the 500GB in the new MBP and the 250GB in the old case.
Anyway, I just picked up a 500GB Passport drive for $129 @ Costco. I popped open the case (using 2 credit cards) and put the 500GB in the new MBP and the 250GB in the old case.
I would have thought that a FW drive wouldn't benefit from a higher disk speed, wouldn't there be a bottle neck at the FW connection? I don't know about eSATA though...
Anyway, this new Seagate drive only came out now cause I finally gave in and got the 320GB instead of waiting. It arrived today, I'll let you know how the install goes when I get around to it.
On my Mini (1.5 gbps SATA), the original 120 gb/5400 rpm/8 mb cache drive is faster than a FW400/500 gb/7200 rpm/16 mb cache drive for nearly all benchmarks. The only time the FW400 drive won was doing large block copies on the same drive, where the larger cache gave it the edge. Considering the MB/MBP have 3 gbps SATA interfaces, I'm sure even FW800 couldn't keep up with its internal 5400 rpm drive.
okay thanks for the info on that. So Firewire 400 is 400Mbits/s, 800 is 800Mbits/s, while the drive speeds these days are 3Gbits/s, (i think my SR MBP is 1.5Gbits/s regardless of the drive I put in).
Meanwhile an eSATA connection through the ExpressCard slot would have equal speed to an internal drive, and basically the bottle neck would be the 3Gbps speed of the drive?
Meanwhile an eSATA connection through the ExpressCard slot would have equal speed to an internal drive, and basically the bottle neck would be the 3Gbps speed of the drive?
ps, reading up on Firewire on wikipedia, looks like Firewire is used on the F-22, the F-35 and the Space Shuttle.
How did it lose out to usb.....
How did it lose out to usb.....
Yeah but I'm pretty sure they're still using first-generation x86 processors too.
I think the eSata through ExpressCard slot will be bottlenecked by the bus speed. Although it'll definitely be faster than FW800.
Can't agree more! I just ordered a 500GB WD and will wait until late this year/early next year to upgrade to a similar SSD. Now that will be a difference you will notice!
The spec for expresscard maxes out at 2Gbit/sec. Although, it's slower than 3Gb of the Sata standard, I think it'll be awhile before HD catch up to this let alone SSD's.