Why no multi-TB laptop drives?

[BiggAW]

The obvious next step for WD would be 4 platters in 12.5mm

No one cares about mini external drives. The 9.5mm drives are the only ones that count.

 

[cube]

No one cares about mini external drives. The 9.5mm drives are the only ones that count.

12.5mm drives fit properly in the MBP, and I guess some PCs.

 

[Radiating]

I currently have a 160GB SSD and a 640GB hard drive in my MBP. I want to upgrade, but the upgrade to a 1TB is pretty minimal. Why has no one figured out how to stuff 2TB in a laptop drive? That would be a HUGE upgrade. I have 11TB of external storage and backup space, but I want more for photos, which I always have on the laptop.

If I have to, I'll go to a 480GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive, netting me 680GB of additional space, and move some stuff to externals.

They make 12.5mm 1.5TB drives that fit in macbooks and are coming out with a 2TB drive this year according to a leaked roadmap.

 

[BiggAW]

12.5mm drives fit properly in the MBP, and I guess some PCs.

Yeah, but you have to remove the sled or something, and then it's not fully supported or something weird. I'm sticking to a properly installed drive, which is limited to a 9.5mm drive in an MBP.

 

[Mr MM]

Yeah, but you have to remove the sled or something, and then it's not fully supported or something weird. I'm sticking to a properly installed drive, which is limited to a 9.5mm drive in an MBP.

12.5mm fits properly on the cmbp. there is no need to mod/remove/dance/pray to god/call strippers

 

[Doward]

Honestly, I'm more interested in a 2TB 9.5mm 2.5" SSD.

Mmmm.

Thinking I'm going to order up one of those m500 960GBs once I find a decent sale on them. Swap out my 250GB internal SSD for that!

 

[John Kotches]

Honestly, I'm more interested in a 2TB 9.5mm 2.5" SSD.

They need another bump in areal density for that.

 

[BiggAW]

They need another bump in areal density for that.

SSD, not HDD. They're already up to 980GB, it's just a matter of time. Given that they can make a 64GB Micro SD, I have to believe that they could do a 2TB SSD, it's just a matter of what limited market there would be for a drive that costs well north of $1k.

 

[Mr MM]

SSD, not HDD. They're already up to 980GB, it's just a matter of time. Given that they can make a 64GB Micro SD, I have to believe that they could do a 2TB SSD, it's just a matter of what limited market there would be for a drive that costs well north of $1k.

it would also depend on the controller, last I heard they were making 128mb nands now

 

[cube]

There's a new 9.5mm 2TB Samsung/Seagate hard drive.

 

[Mr MM]

There's a new 9.5mm 2TB Samsung/Seagate hard drive.

you mean this one

http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_spinpoint_m9t_mobile_hard_drive_m3_and_p3_portable_now_shipping