>500GB Drives

[ddrueding]

LCDs are another product with a long, complex supply chain that has, at least once a year, been convicted of price fixing or other market manipulations.

 

[LunarMist]

There is price fixing on drives? I missed that story.

 

[ddrueding]

There is price fixing on drives? I missed that story.

No charges have been declared, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

 

[Santilli]

Several companies, including LG, Sharp and Hitachi have pleaded guilty to price-fixing and agreed to pay out more than $890 million in fines, the AP cited the filing as saying.

 

[Stinker]

I'm quite confident that SSDs will beat platter-based drives to 750GB, and that 1TB 2.5" spinning disks will not even be a mainstream consideration.

oke: silly

EDIT: Oh nevermind, Time beat me to it.

 

[LunarMist]

I thought I beat him to it with a similar comment back in March. :reindeer:

 

[LunarMist]

750GB Seagate at 7200 RPM.

 

[Stereodude]

When did Seagate up their warranty to 5 years?

 

[LunarMist]

Who knows; it's like a yo-yo. :bravo:

 

[LunarMist]

Now here is the Samsung 640GB 7200 RPM drive. It is a bit noisier than 5400 RPM drives, but cool. STR is the highest I've seen yet in a notebook drive.

 

[CougTek]

Now here is...

Well, I'm here too but I see nothing. It might have been there, but it certainly isn't here. At least not now.

 

[LunarMist]

Now here is the Samsung 640GB 7200 RPM drive. It is a bit noisier than 5400 RPM drives, but cool. STR is the highest I've seen yet in a notebook drive.

 

[Stereodude]

SSD's are faster. You must be referring to only the spinning disk variety.

 

[LunarMist]

SSD's are faster. You must be referring to only the spinning disk variety.

Obviously. This is the >500GB thread. :lol:

That is not to mention the 640GB SSDs would be more than $65.

 

[time]

SSD's are faster. You must be referring to only the spinning disk variety.

The 7200rpm might have been a give-away too. However, I am enjoying the vision of an SSD mounted on a high-speed drill to improve latency ...

 

[sechs]

750GB Seagate at 7200 RPM.

Do notebooks actually need drives this big?

 

[LunarMist]

750GB is barely enough for two weeks of stills, not to mention videos. I could use 1TB+ drives of the 9.5 mm height variety.

 

[Mercutio]

Do notebooks actually need drives this big?

Yes. Mine has 30GB of free space. Granted, a lot of that is music that I just want to carry around but there's 118GB of system images and another 40GB of virtual machines.

It adds up.

 

[timwhit]

Yes. Mine has 30GB of free space. Granted, a lot of that is music that I just want to carry around but there's 118GB of system images and another 40GB of virtual machines.

It adds up.

Just use a Subsonic server at home.

 

[Mercutio]

Just use a Subsonic server at home.

I have VPN access anyplace I have a decent internet connection. I don't always have a decent internet connection though.

 

[sechs]

These are edge cases. Few people use laptops as portable file servers....

 

[LunarMist]

750GB Seagate at 7200 RPM.

Does the SmartAlign really work properly for dealing with the advancing format or is it a gimmick like overlay?

 

[Stereodude]

It sounds a bit like magic fairy dust because the details as to how / what it does are so vague.

 

[LunarMist]

Yeah, and it is a Seagate so the reliability is really questionable nowadays. :beye:

 

[LunarMist]

Here is a cheap 1TB drive. How can I know for sure if it uses the advancing format?

 

[Stereodude]

Here is a cheap 1TB drive. How can I know for sure if it uses the advancing format?

Use the Google to find the product page. :smack:

New design elements of the MKxx59GSM series drive include Advanced Sector Format technology, which utilize the industry standard 4K byte-per-sector configuration and improved error-correcting code functionality to enhance data integrity while making more efficient use of the storage surface area.

The Samsung's don't and were the same price last week when I bought mine.

 

[LunarMist]

It is deactivated. Bleh. :frowner: