http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba announces 750GB and 1TB laptop HDDs, gives them awkward model names like MK7559GSXP http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/hdd's i leave for my desktop: i call it "The Beast".
(it has a Cinderella sticker)]]>Mar 25th 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
This would be perfect for my PS3...]]>Mar 25th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
Take it from me folks these hard drives are good for one thing and one thing only external USB Hard Drives end of.

Had a WD 640 GIG 5400 RPM running windows 7 on a Quad Core, and it was terrible.

Untill they sort out thr RPM and buffers on these puppies stay well clear.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !]]>Mar 25th 2010 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
Let's think a little further that your nose:
What about storage arrays that would love stuff like this? I have 12 3.5" 500GB disks spinning away 24/7 using up power.

I cannot wait for the day I can affordably upgrade my array to be 1/4 the physical size, 1/10th the power requirement and double the space by using low-power, small and cheap(er)2.5" disks.

5400rpm? So what. I have 12 of them working together, the throughput beats most SAS / SATA disks and I can run it off a couple of lemons.

No-one in their right mind would buy these thinking they were fast! It's not what the manufacturers have in mind!

Bring on the 1TB disks!!!!]]>Mar 25th 2010 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/2.5" hard drives will never be cheaper than 3.5" drives in terms of $/GB.]]>Mar 25th 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
(1) 1TB backup drive not included.
(2) jamming your os and all your stuff on one giant drive will degrade performance and shorten the drives life.

/end truth ]]>Mar 25th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
Fair point, though could you partion this to improve its speed/life?]]>Mar 25th 2010 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
(1) Why would they need to include a back up you can buy one yourself
(2) You are talking balls so long as the user keeps it fragmentation free the life of the drive will not suffer.]]>Mar 25th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
I'm pretty sure a 750GB drive that is half full will run faster then my 320GB drive that has 1GB free.]]>Mar 25th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
Sure but nah. Let me explain...

OS components and API's r/w, Swap file r/w, cache and temps r/w, Your 6 apps and 10 sys tray items r/w, the song playing r, the other ripping w, the download and auto sys update in the background w. The auto backup of the doc u are working on w, the font list from a menu r.

So that's any given, shall we say millisecond. Oh oh and all of the bits might be causing their own swap/temp/auto save/file check/flag write/check

oh oh and then a background virus scanner and yer email r/w

Defrag? Sure cause magically all of those randomly occuring events are stored sequentially.

A 1TB drive used for everything and your primary system drive gets destroyed. Those heads are bezerk.

And then being mechanical guess what? They wear out going slower n slower eventually crashing into the platter in a last ditch effort to fulfill your over taxing requests.

On disk pcb caches help a tiny bit, defrag helps with seek thrashing a bit, but the outcome is the same.

I could lay out a strategy using multiple drives based on data types and usage but hey why wreck your journey of discovery into the world of dogs balls.

Heh, as for the backup drive, that was a bit of pokey fun but fact, cause what you going to do, backup on DVD or even bluray? Drives are so massive now you need two for one just to backup. Unless of course you want to swap out 200 dvd's or 20 bluray (seen those prices) and send your disc spinner to an early death.]]>Mar 25th 2010 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
I've got two HDDs in my Thinkpad T400, and am waiting to upgrade to an SSD. You can't configure the computer that way when ordering it, but I think it should be an option, and just have no optical drive. In my opinion, this is the best setup for a laptop. ]]>Mar 25th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Somebody's been confused hard drives with TVs - TVs are measured diagonally, Hard drives are measured on their short side - 2,5" across in this case. ]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
Also, how do I tell whether my HDD slot can fit 9.5mm drives or 12.5mm drives?]]>Mar 25th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
What I am really waiting for is a 500GB SSD for under $300 to really speed things up, but I think I'll be waiting a few years for that.]]>Mar 25th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/I have the same 640gb and I love it. I agree about those Toshibas though. Had bad experiences with at least 2 that I can remember. 1 powerbook and 1 ibook.

Who knows how fast SSDs will drop, especially with the rate I've been seeing them drop so far. I got one for the speed but 60gb is pushing it]]>Mar 25th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/
If it's for your OS -> take a speedy, less power consuming, no moving parts, fast access times SSD.
If it's for (long time) storage (music, movies, pictures on a second/external disk) take a conventional HDD wich are less dollars/GB. ]]>Mar 25th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/Mar 25th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/toshiba-announces-750gb-and-1tb-laptop-hdds-gives-them-awkward/That newer unibody macbooks are really simple to open up. Once inside it's fairly simple to remove the DVD drive and I bought a hard drive bay from NewModeUS. Here's the link to what I got:

http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=259&reviews_id=58

Then I bought an enclosure for my DVD drive to use it as an external!]]>Mar 25th 2010 2:03PM