7200rpm 60GB Notebook drive....

[Benn]

(Source: <http://www.macnn.com/news/20000> )
Trans Intl. today announced the "industry's first" 7200 RPM Mobile Hard 
Disk Drive in 60GB capacity and 2.5-inch form factor designed for 
notebooks and portable drives. The company says that new 7200 RPM drive 
offers mobile users desktop-equivalent performance with battery 
consumption at about the same level as a 5,400 RPM hard drive. The new 
drive features fluid dynamic bearing technology for quiet acoustics, 
low power consumption, and improved shock performance (by up to 25 
percent).

"The new 2.5-inch drive spins 33 percent faster than its 5400 RPM 
counterpart, which translates into 15 percent faster data access in 
notebook computers coupled with 20 percent lower rotational latency and 
improved average seek time by 20 percent."

It features an 8MB cache buffer and an average seek time of 10 ms as 
well as a maximum interface transfer rate of 100MB/sec (an Ultra DMA 
mode-5 Interface: ATA-6). The Hitachi-IBM drive carries a 3-year 
warranty and is available as an internal drive-only ($350) or housed in 
a portable external FireWire/USB case ($430).

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