Toshiba bows 640GB 2.5-inch drive range
My Clippings September 3rd, 2009 by System
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Toshiba today introduced a new range of 2.5-inch hard drives, running at 5,400 rpm with a maximum 640GB capacity. Although that is less space than the 1TB monsters that Western Digital have rolling out by the end of the year, the Toshiba drives are 8.5mm thick. That is small enough to fit in most laptops, making them the biggest such announced drives in this category. The WD drives are 12.5mm thick which are better suited to external enclosures.
The 640GB MK6465GSX drive range also includes 500GB, 320GB, 250GB and 160GB models. These are being shipped to OEM’s now.
The advantage of the new design is that energy efficiency has been improved by 28 per cent. (So, a battery-powered device carrying these drives would gain significant increases in operation time in between recharges)
The new storage will also be made available as external drives in a variety of different-coloured chassis, including Vivid White, Liquid Blue, Komodo Green and Rocket Red.
These drives are expected to cost $179, however, Amazon carries Toshiba drives at heavy discounts, for example the Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue)
