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any new THIN 750GB or more HDDs coming soon?

X200/X201/X220 (including equivalent tablet models) and X300/X301 Series
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any new THIN 750GB or more HDDs coming soon?

#1 Post by Kirill » Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:11 am

Just wondering when will we have thinner than 9.5mm HDDs that are at least 750GB and 7200RPM with 16MB cache. How's it looking, is anyone working on that? WD? Seagate?

I know there's a way to stuff fit 9.5mm HDDs in an x220 but I'd rather not go down that way.

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Re: any new THIN 750GB or more HDDs coming soon?

#2 Post by chairsky » Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:03 am

the largest one is 500GB right now

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#3 Post by Kirill » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:48 am

chairsky wrote:the largest one is 500GB right now
by whom?

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Re: any new THIN 750GB or more HDDs coming soon?

#4 Post by chairsky » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:51 am

By Hitachi, the model is z5k500.

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#5 Post by penartur » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:22 am

The largest 2.5" platters on the market are 500GB now, so it is not up to hard drive manufaсturer to produce >500GB 7.5mm, >1TB 9.5mm or >1.5TB 12.5mm thick hard drivers; you have to wait for the new generation of platters. So far, AFAIK, there is no any firm plans on that.
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#6 Post by underclocker » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:10 am

FYI, for $1100 in the U.S., the 600GB Intel 320 series SSD is thin, fast, and available!
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#7 Post by penartur » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:08 am

underclocker wrote:FYI, for $1100 in the U.S., the 600GB Intel 320 series SSD is thin, fast, and available!
And 500GB HDD + 80GB mSATA SSD is about of the same capacity and speed, while being 4x cheaper :mrgreen:
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