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SSD vs HDD Comparison
Solid Sate Drives have some obvious advantages over Hard Disk Drives. Rob from GottaBeMobile tested a pair of OQO 02 ultramobiles, one with SSD and one with HDD. He Posted a full video of the comparison on his site.
SanDisk Vaulter Disk
SanDisk unveiled the Vaulter Disk, a solid-state storage solution that works in conjunction with a PC’s hard drive to store and launch the computer’s operating system and software applications. The new SanDisk Vaulter Disk tag-teams with the hard drive to provide enhanced performance over a PC that has only a hard drive. The Vaulter Disk will be available in 8GB and 16GB capicities for OEMs starting in early 2008.
JLo USB Flash Drive
There’s really no good excuse for something like this to exist other than for JLo to squeeze a few extra bucks from the one or two fans willing to cough up $70 for it. The USB flash drive is manufactured by Gresso, and includes Brave, JLo’s latest album. Those who are ‘Brave’ enough can wear the JLo drive as a necklace.
Western Digital Intros 320GB Scorpio Notebook Drives
Western Digital announced it’s now shipping its new WD Scorpio 320GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drives for notebook computers. That’s a 70GB improvement over the 250GB Scorpio the company introduced earlier this year.
Hitachi May Quadruple Notebook HDD Capacities to 1TB
Hitachi announced today its developed the world’s smallest read-head technology for hard disk drives, which is expected to quadruple current storage capacity limits to one terabyte on a notebook hard drive. Researchers at Hitachi have successfully reduced recording heads to the 30-50 nanometer range, which is up to 2,000 times smaller than the width of an average human hair.
Seagate Launches Hybrid Hard Drive ‘Era’
Seagate Technology today announced it will begin shipping hybrid notebook drives in large volumes. Hybrid drives combine the large capacities of hard drives with a small amount of flash memory to deliver faster boot times, improved performance, greater reliability and lower power consumption. Seagate has seen up to 50% lower power consumption in testing.
Bitmicro E-Disk Altima - 461GB Solid State Disk
Bitmicro’s new E-Disk Altima E2A3GL 461GB 2.5-inch flash drive for military and industrial applications will be available next year. Designed for extreme conditions and durability, this is the largest SSD portable drive we’ve seen so far. Bitmicro claims this 416GB solid state disk (SSD) can operate between -40 and 85 degrees celcius and endure more than 1.9 million hours of usage.
Seagate Unveils 250GB Notebook Hard Drive
Seagate announced the Momentus 5400.4, a 250GB notebook hard drive. The Momentus 5400.4 uses perpinducular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to cram data on just two platters.
Toshiba Announces 320GB Notebook Drives
Toshiba announced it will begin producing the world’s highest capacity notebook drives. The MK3252GSX stores 320GB of data and spins at 5,400 RPM. The new Toshiba drives edges out Fujitsu’s 300GB model for highest capacity of any 2.5-inch drive.
Transcend Bumps ExpressCard Solid State Drive to 32GB
Solid state drives (SSD) continue to gain momentum, with Transcend doubling its ExpressCard offerings from 16GB to 32GB. The new ExpressCard drive supports ReadyBoost and comes with a USB-adapter so you can plug it into your computers that aren’t equiped with an ExpressCard slot.
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