Ultra-Thin Seagate Drives
Seagate leaked this week that they’re planning to launch a new range of ‘ultra-thin’ drives at January’s Consumer Electronics Show.
The idea – presumably – is to try and corner a new niche in the higher end of the netbook market. Here are some quick specs on the drive:
- 7mm height (current thin drives are about 9.5mm)
- 160GB & 250GB capacity
- 5400rpm speed with an 8MB cache
According to PC Magazine, here’s the quote from their Executive VP of Sales & Marketing:
"Momentus Thin promises to help computer makers differentiate on mobile-computing form factor and better compete in the fast-growing markets for thin laptop PCs and netbooks. Seagate is committed to helping its OEM and system integrator partners meet market demand for thinner laptop PCs and plans to expand storage capabilities for thin laptops as demand for these slimmer models continues to grow."
We have 2 questions for him in response:
- Huh??
- Why not just go for a Solid State Drive?
Sure, SSDs are a little more expensive, but they’re (virtually) failproof, weigh far less, and use less battery life.
We’ll let you know if we hear any more. But what do you think?
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