Samsung 500gb HDD 9.5mm thick

[Hydramus]

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/...d=news_view&newsLang=en&newsId=20080106005122

Unlike Hitachi, Samsung haven't cheated by adding an extra platter so this will fit in all laptops! It's expected to be available in March later this year. I was considering the 320gb drive but i think i'll wait for this.

 

[Kelly™]

Will the MBP even take a 500GB drive without fussing?

 

[robbieduncan]

Will the MBP even take a 500GB drive without fussing?

Yes, no worries at all.

 

[johny5]

I dont see why the MBP wouldn't take the drive.

 

[Kelly™]

Neat. Glad to hear it

I know older Apples had max drive capacity caps so -shrug-

 

[robbieduncan]

Neat. Glad to hear it

I know older Apples had max drive capacity caps so -shrug-

They used the older ATA standard that was much shorter sighted. I'm not sure what the theoretical limits of SATA are: no current drive has got there, even for SATA I.

 

[acearchie]

I admit I only breezes through the article but no mention of speed.

am i right in thinking 4200rpm/5300rpm?

THanks

 

[iPhil]

They used the older ATA standard that was much shorter sighted. I'm not sure what the theoretical limits of SATA are: no current drive has got there, even for SATA I.

where do i find the limit size of SATA?

I admit I only breezes through the article but no mention of speed.

am i right in thinking 4200rpm/5300rpm?

THanks

5400rpm is drive speed on the new 2.5" drive

 

[robbieduncan]

where do i find the limit size of SATA?

I can't find a conclusive answer. I've found reference to 48bit LBA addressing which allows for 100's of petabytes!

 

[iPhil]

I can't find a conclusive answer. I've found reference to 48bit LBA addressing which allows for 100's of petabytes!

So a petabyte is 1K to the 5th power.. I've been trying to figure out on how to type to the power numbers a la this..

 

[Kelly™]

It's usally an & trick.
Like ™ or   or &sup4; etc ....

 

[RichardF]

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/...d=news_view&newsLang=en&newsId=20080106005122

Unlike Hitachi, Samsung haven't cheated by adding an extra platter so this will fit in all laptops! It's expected to be available in March later this year. I was considering the 320gb drive but i think i'll wait for this.

It's really great news, in particular because this will be avail to purchase next month. However, it's SATA2 but only spins at 5400 rpm and buffer memory is 8MB.

Hitachi is very good at keeping energy consumption and noise down on their 2.5" drives. I wish they had made a TravelStar of this size/ capacity/ 7,200 rpm/ 16MB.

 

[heatmiser]

Perfect. Looks like I'll hold off on the 320gb, and wait for this to come down.

 

[S600MBUSA]

I was just about to post this until I saw you did . I saw the announcement in this article from my Engadget RSS feed.

I probably won't upgrade my MBP with this, but I may just buy one to stick in an external 2.5 inch enclosure. If I get the one from OWC with a FireWire port, it would make a great portable back-up solution for a good while.

 

[juanster]

wwwooooaa nice, interesting, this drive will probably be really expensive though right? 300 cad maybe more ?

 

[iPhil]

wwwooooaa nice, interesting, this drive will probably be really expensive though right? 300 cad maybe more ?

I'd say price range of $360 to $400 for that 500GB

 

[juanster]

ahha love you avatar man, i think im just goign to stick with a 160Gb then ahhahah

 

[Kelly™]

I want a solid state drive small enough and fast enough to run with good size in a laptop. Ill wait till then

 

[juanster]

I want a solid state drive small enough and fast enough to run with good size in a laptop. Ill wait till then

me too, but not for like 400 CAD.. i just don t have the need for it iguess

 

[iPhil]

ahha love you avatar man, i think im just goign to stick with a 160Gb then ahhahah

thx.. why not 320GB?