Seagate ships 3 Gbps Momentus 7200.2 notebook HDD
By Jeannie Choe 
posted Mar 13th 2007 4:02AM
posted Mar 13th 2007 4:02AM
While we were all prepared to wait for Fujitsu's May release of its MHW2 BJ series, Seagate decided to swoop in for the kill with the Momentus 7200.2. It's already shipping this comprable 2.5-inch laptop HDD with a 3 Gbps SATA interface (doubled from 1.5 Gbps in the last version). The new Momentus spins itself silly at 7,200 rpm, sports perpendicular recording technology, and is available in 80GB, 100GB, 120GB, and 160GB capacities. So if you're itching for a bite-size speed demon HDD for your laptop, your wait is over -- unless you're a Fujitsu snob, in which case you'll have to sit tight for a couple more months.
So when will the 3.5 in 6Gbps come out already???
no one really should care about this. 7200 rpm drives simply don't transfer anywhere near 3 Gbps. Performance gains are going to be slight, if not non-existent. Even 15k drives don't have burst performance much above 1 Gbps. Until some extremely high quality solid state drives become consumer-available, old school SATA (heck, even PATA) will still accomodate the maximum bandwidth for most hard drives.
No real info on their web site -
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/momentus/momentus_7200.2/
I've already got their 5400RPM 160GB for my MBP. When they go 200GB @ 7200RPM I'm SO there its not even funny.
160gb 7200rpm? IN.
Your comments: shipping doesn't mean i can order one RIGHT NOW. i just checked
pricegrabber, newegg, i can't buy it damnit!!! i want it NOW!
Since the top 7200 rpm drive right now is 100GB, this is a big deal, even if the 3Gbps transfer rate isn't. As others have said though, it doesn't appear to be available anywhere yet.