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Notebook SSD: $29.99 + 2 CF Cards

There’s been a lot of buzz about Solid State Drives (SSD) in high-end specialized notebooks, but it will be some time before they are a reasonably priced option in main stream notebooks. If you’re itching for some SSD action in check out this alternative.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 5, 2007  | 

SanDisk Launches 2.5-inch Solid State Drives

SanDisk today added a 32GB, 2.5-inch Serial ATA solid state drive (SSD) to its notebook product line. The new drive is compatible with most mainstream notebooks and is a direct replacement for hard disk drives.
“The SanDisk 2.5-inch SSD brings the extreme durability, outstanding performance and low power consumption of solid-state flash memory to the entire [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on March 13, 2007  | 

Seagate Announces Momentus 7200.2 Hard Drives

Seagate announced worldwide availability of the Momentus 7200.2, the world’s first 160GB 7200-RPM notebook PC hard drive to combine capacity-boosting perpendicular recording technology with free-fall protection. Seagate’s newest Momentus hard drive is also shipping to a major original equipment manufacturer.”The growing number of computer users turning to laptops as their primary [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on March 12, 2007  | 

Video: Seagate CEO Talks About Mobile Storage

 

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Seagate CEO Bill Watkins chatted with notebooks.com about the future of mobile storage. He wouldnât say what kind of notebook he uses, but did say he will probably never buy a desktop computer again. Watkins also questions whether Solid State Dives ma
 
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Continue Reading  |  Posted on February 6, 2007  | 

SanDisk 32GB Notebook Solid State Drive

SanDisk announced a 32GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive (SSD) as a drop-in replacement for notebook drives. The company is targeting business users and consumers.
Previously, large capacity flash-based drives had been used primarily by the military, aerospace and telecom industries, which demanded high performance and reliability under challenging environmental conditions.
The SanDisk SSD reads 62 megabytes per [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on January 5, 2007  | 

Fujitsu Launches 300GB Notebook Drive

Fujitsu launched the MHX2300BT series of mobile drives, with up to 300GB capacities. The MHX2300BT series will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2007. Engineered using perpendicular magnetic recording technology, the MHX2300BT is the industry’s first 300GB 2.5-inch perpendicular drive and will run at 4200RPM.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on December 11, 2006  | 

Toshiba Announces Tiny 100GB Drive

Toshiba announced a 100GB,1.8-inch drive for notebooks and portable media players. The Toshiba MK1011GAH is the highest capacity 1.8-inch drive so far, employing perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology and an improved error correction code to secure a density of 155.3 gigabits per square inch. Toshiba has also improved power consumption to 0.003W/GB. The 4,200 [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on December 5, 2006  | 

Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.2: HardCore Notebook Encryption

There’s been lots of news about highly sensitive notebooks being lost or stolen in the past couple of years, putting everything from your identity to government secrets at risk. Seagate’s fighting back with the Momentus 5400 FDE.2 for notebooks, the first hard drive with full disc encryption.
The Momentus 5400 FDE.2 prevents unauthorized access to all [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 31, 2006  | 

DEAL: Maxtor External USB 2.0 200 GB Drive for $79

After really lagging on backing up my home notebooks I started shopping online for a cheap USB 2.0 external drive. I needed at least 150 GB to cover each of my three laptops and nothing fancy. On my way to the café today I stopped by Radio Shack to buy a simple surge protector and [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on June 9, 2006  | 

Western Digital Passport Pocket Drives

Western Digital will start shipping a sleek pocket drive next week. The Passport Pocket’s are slim enough and the USB connectors are flexible enough to allow notebook users to plug in two of the drives at a time- with no…

Continue Reading  |  Posted on March 29, 2006  |