Fujitsu gets perpendicular with 160GB 2.5-incher
By Paul Miller 
posted Aug 30th 2006 4:14PM
posted Aug 30th 2006 4:14PM
[Via gizmag]
posted Aug 30th 2006 4:14PM
Segment of single women who said their next computer purchase would be a laptop.
Of 1,000 single men and women polled, 47 percent of women said they'd buy a laptop, while 47 percent of men were looking for a desktop.
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Wait... I thought the point of perpendicular data was higher capacity. What's the benefit of a 160 GB perpendicular drive over a standard drive?
Wonderboy: And where have you seen a "standard" 160GB 2.5 incher?
when will I be able to implant 200GB under my skin?
followup. what would I want with 200GB of storage un my body?
I thought 160gig 2.5" drives have been out for a while now.
Hey, wouldn't a 5400 rpm perpendicular drive be quite a bit faster than the equivalent standard 5400 rpm drive? My logic going purely by the fact that they're squeezing in a whole lot more data per square inch, so if those square inches are going past at the same speed whether its a perpendicular or standard drive, the perpendicular one is going to be transfering a lot more data to the drive heads in the same amount of time. So maybe they do have a speed record, even though the rpm is the same?
ok, i'm ready for my 320GB iPod, now.
HDs would have to be the one thing that are consistently pictured/displayed with their tops off in company literature. Look inside, kids! It's a HD! Would be nice to see pics with boring metal box and sticker on top instead, for a change :)
It's more representative of the lack of excitement. :D
Already have the 160gig Seagate at 5400 RPM in this very MacBook I'm typing this comment on. And as you point out, Hitachi has them as well. So Fujitsu is third to this particular party -- and late at that, even if they hit their October date. I believe they did have a 160gig 2.5" before, by the way, but that was 12mm thick, as opposed to the standard 9.5mm.
You can be a data courier like Johnny Mnemonic.
But don't use that memory doubler, cause it'll mess you up!