Samsung have announced a new rugged hard drive, the SpinPoint M7, which is designed for use in notebook. This rugged hard drive is able to stand shocks and knocks, and keeps your data well-protected, while you’re moving around with your laptop.
The Samsung SpinPoint M7 2.5-inch hard drive comes in a couple of capacities including 250GB, 320GB, 400GB and 500GB, and it’s capable of withstand shock up to 400G/2ms while operating. Some more it’s protected by a hard shell to prevent skipping and damage.
This hard drive is also equipped with a new controller that consumes up to 25 percent less power than conventional 2.5-inch drives while it’s in seek mode. Other specs include a spin rate of 5,400 RPM, 8MB buffer, native command queuing and a 3.0Gbps SATA interface. It should be available by the end of this month but the price has not been announced yet.
via techfresh
July 12th, 2009 at 8:47 am
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