Well, well -- what's this? Wouldn't
you like to know. What it is, fine people, is the "device that becomes you, so you become faster." Seriously, that's the teaser line that
Seagate's feeding the press this fine morning, inviting us to join the company as it reveals the next "game-changing" device meant to boost system performance by a staggering 150 percent. Judging by the image above and the fact that
ASUS' ROG G73Jh gaming laptop will be first to house it, we're guessing it's
a breed of SSD this world has never seen. We're told that the mystery product will be 20 percent quicker than a 600GB 10,000rpm SATA drive, 80 percent faster than a conventional 7200rpm HDD and able to boot "within six seconds of an SSD drive." It'll also be able to "learn about its user to dynamically decrease disk time, boot time, and application load time," and if you're lucky, it may just cleanse that work coat of yours, whip up a nutritious breakfast and convert your clunker into a hovercraft. We'll be finding out a lot more come May 26th -- till then, try not to gnaw your nails past the cuticle.
Update: Sounds like Seagate may
finally be ready to launch that "pie in the sky" mutant hybrid SSD technology that we first caught wind of
back in 2008. Dare we say, the Momentus XT Hybrid? Thanks, Sneakz and Khattab!
[Thanks, Michael]
posted May 20th 2010 9:09AM
So is it a Roomba?
@Drez143
No, it's Rust-eze medicated bumper ointment.
@Drez143
yes, but does it come with a cherry on top?
I'm pretty sure it the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid hard disks with 4GB of SLC flash memory on a 7200 RPM disk. Coming in 250, 320 and 500GB.
@Sneakz You are correct. They are up for pre-order at Provantage now. The 500GB+4GB version is $133.48, means the SSD portion sets you back additional ~$40. I am sure the hardware is fine, but the drivers/OS integration worries me.
unless it's cheaper than current ssds or significantly larger or faster this is going to go unnoticed.
@Broderbund
Worse, from other reports I've read, if its at all similar to the 3TB drive architecture, it requires a replacement of a main board to use it (or for some perhaps simply an adapter card). It's not natively SATA compatible.
@zelannii
That's a BIOS limitation of LBAs not a Serial ATA spec limitation.
@Broderbund It's $134 for a 500GB, 7,200prpm notebook drive with an built-in 4GB SLC SSD.
@Xbits I'm sold if they work well in raid0
@Broderbund wait a second you need to have a special bios, screw it.
poor HDD guys trying to hype something, please save your hard earned money on GPU and RAM if its for gaming....
@annoynimous
I don't think they actually mean 'gaming'...
It will be the 2nd attempt of an Hybrid Drive:
http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerbase.de%2Fnews%2Fhardware%2Flaufwerke%2Fmassenspeicher%2F2010%2Fmai%2Fseagate_neuer_versuch_hybrid-festplatte%2F&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
It if's cheaper than my 160GB intel Gen2 but has larger capacity > 500GB, I wouldn't mind switching to this!
Hmm.. interesting.
Seagate, I would prefer you channel that energy into lowering the price and increasing the capacity of SSDs rather than trying to create a hybrid. Bleh.
But... but.. my Sony Vaio came with a hybrid SSD/platter hard drive in 2007. Manufactured by Samsung, it now lives in my PS3.
Companies need to tone the hype down a bit, this seems as 'game changing' as the Zii... (tell me you remember that!)
@in5ane
I remember the Zii Egg. I still want it so badly :(.
That was such an incredible looking device.
I'm withholding judgment until I see benchmarks, indie reviews and pricing.
It better not be another fuckin' tablet!
@Locust
Yes, let's put a tablet inside a laptop and use it for storage.
Is it a jackal?
My wallet is already weeping. :(
1. Seagate sucks, their quality is terrible.
2. This isn't new. Lenovo already offers this in their IdeaPad Y560, as well as others; a hybrid SSD/HDD all in one. This isn't a first of it's kind, and frankly it's insulting to say it is.
@Prevacator
Wow, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
1. Seagate has amazing products, and they are #1 in the storage industry for a reason (though WD and Hitachi are also amazing storage vendors).
2. There is a difference between putting an SSD and an HDD in a laptop and putting both NAND flash and rotating platters in a storage device. What you mentioned was the former, and what Seagate is supposedly revealing is the latter.
About damn time we get that hybrid hard drive/ssd we were promised for... *cough* Vista.
I wouldn't mind this in 2.5in form. I wonder if this will reduce power consumption.
Anyone think this will spin at 15000 rpm?
Call me old fashion, but I think spinning media has a lot of realistic life left. Until they(intel,OCZ, samsung,... break that 15nanometer(maybe 22) barrier for 1TB in a stamp.
@dds1043 It's a standard 7,200rpm notebook drive with a 4GB SLC SSD combined. http://www.provantage.com/seagate-st95005620as~7SEGS23A.htm
Ok so how do i register for the press release? and where is it? Please dont say online because thats a no-brainer. I know these probably sound like stupid questions but I checked both players sites and saw nothing about this release.
has Seagate come out of their terrible quality control slump? I used to be a Seagate fan years ago until getting burned a couple of time. Now, I'm WD all the way (with a few Sammy's in the mix)...