Samsung's 500GB 2.5-inch drive arrives, alongside 22X DVD burner

Samsung promised it was coming in March, and here she blows. The Spinpoint M6 is the first standard-height 500GB 2.5-incher available, at a lean 9.5mm, meaning you can cram it into most existing laptops unlike the 2.5-inch 500 giggers from Fujitsu and Hitachi. Samsung's using some Perpendicular Magnetic Recording tech to cram everything in, stuffing three 167GB platters into the 5400rpm drive. The M6 goes for $299 and is shipping now. If DVD burning is more your pace, Samsung also just announced an "industry fastest" 22X DVD burner, the SH-S223. The SATA drive can stamp a 4.7GB disc in 12 minutes, and does dual-layer discs at a respectable 16X. No word on price yet for that one.

[realar Posted Mar 9th 2008 7:56PM]

You have got to hand it to Samsung, they know how to take the fight to their rivals.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 9th 2008 8:12PM]

Time to change the Laptop HDD...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 9th 2008 8:15PM]

Holy crap 500GB thats sweet. I will rule the world with that hard drive in my PS3, we will fight the secret war and win! Victory shall be ours!

[say592 Posted Mar 9th 2008 9:26PM]

To bad no one will use/buy 22x DVDs, so it will just go to waste.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 18th 2008 5:49AM]

Where the heck can you buy one of theese drives?

I'm really needing a new 2.5" drive, as I have over 400GB of data and constantly on the move, I'm sick of carrying around bulky 3.5" drives. I have tried to source one of these drives everywhere, I live in Viet Nam and have offices in Malaysia and Singapore, both Samsung Malaysia & Singapore say they're not getting theese drives.

Do I have to fly to Seoul to buy one.

Damn this is frustrating. I have only a couple of gig left.