Mobile hard drives--partly because of their smaller, 2.5-inch size and their need to conserve notebook PC power--have always lagged behind 3.5-inch desktop models in performance and capacity. But a new generation of higher-performance, power-thrifty models has done much to narrow the performance gap. Western Digital--a major manufacturer of internal and external desktop hard drives--has announced its first foray into mobile hard drives. If the new drives live up to their promise, they should be among the best options available.
The Scorpio line of drives debuts in 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB capacities. The drive has a rated average seek time of 12 ms and comes with a 2MB buffer (an upgrade to 8MB is optional). Like competing high-performance models from manufacturers such as Hitachi and Seagate, Scorpio drives will spin their platters at 5400 rpm. Such high-speed spinning presents special problems with heat buildup, power use, and sound volume. The company says that it has solved all of these problems
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The Scorpio line of drives debuts in 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB capacities. The drive has a rated average seek time of 12 ms and comes with a 2MB buffer (an upgrade to 8MB is optional). Like competing high-performance models from manufacturers such as Hitachi and Seagate, Scorpio drives will spin their platters at 5400 rpm. Such high-speed spinning presents special problems with heat buildup, power use, and sound volume. The company says that it has solved all of these problems
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I'd love to know what the temp ends up being on these new drives. I have a toshiba notebook and I later upgraded the hard drive from the 4200RPM 40 gigger it came with to a 60 5400RPM(at the time, there was only one 7200RPM drive and I wasn't about to spend nearly $400 for a 40 gig drive). I've got a mb monitor running right now and it shows my drive is currently at 56 C. Nothing compared to the processor at 70 C. But, christ, the panel under the hd is toasty and the performance really does suck in comparison to my desktop(after seeing the current price for the 60 gig 7200, it sure does get tempting, wish their was something bigger though to help justify the upgrade)
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