Toshiba has unveiled a new hard drive that is big in capacity but small in size. The new Toshiba MKxx33GSG hard drives can hold up to 320GB of data and spin at 5400rpm. These are not the highest capacity hard drives out there but they are better than the 160GB and 250GB hard drives usually found in netbooks. The new hard drives measure just 1.8 inches and can easily fit inside an iPod or a super-thin netbook. They are also available in 250GB and 160GB versions.
Manufacturers are trying hard to make devices thinner and lighter. In fact, 1.8 inch hard drives are ideal for use in netbooks less than one inch in thickness and at 5400rpm, the new hard drives are faster than the 4200rpm drives common in netbooks.
A cheaper model, the MK1235GSL, is also available. It can hold 120GB and spins at 4200rpm.
Hitachi is upgrading its Travel Star notebook hard drive variant with an additional voluminous 320GB disk that revolves at 7,200rpm. The renewal follows Fujitsu's declaration of its own 320GB, 7,200rpm laptop disk drive, for which the corporation staked a "world's 1st" claim back in March. As we barbed out then - the timing left an opening for a challenge to the hard drive makers to pounce in and strike Fujitsu to market. Here's that forecast fulfilled on reminder. Fujitsu says it’s MHZ2 BJ 320GB will go on retailing at the last part of June. Hitachi is delivering its edition now.
Laptop hardware manufacturers Samsung have released the Spinpoint M6 HM320JI 320GB 2.5 inch HDD for laptops which features 8MB cache memory with Serial ATA interface and 5,400 rpm speed.This hard drive has an optical Free-Fall sensor which protects the stored data if it is accidentally dropped. It makes use of the PMR (Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) technology with optical Rotary Vibration Controller to reduce the effect of external vibrations. The 320GB capacity is the maximum possible space from a 2.5 inch form factor. This price of the Spinpoint M6 HM320JI 320GB starts at $249 and is available at the retail stores.