http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Hard drive gate is a big problem! That grip will reduce reception on all models, not just ours!]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
They're holding it wrong ahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Aren't I funny guys hahahahahah?????????????????????????????????

/s]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Hey, I'm open to constructive criticism, but you don't have to be mean. And come on, I can't be the only person annoyed by these stupid comments saying "They're holding it wrong", it isn't funny anymore!

Actually, on that note, it was never funny at all.]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Please go away?]]>Aug 9th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
I had one of these in my laptop a while ago. Honestly, it's very hard to notice any gain from the regular Seagate Momentus 7200rpm I had before that.]]>Aug 9th 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Geez anybody have any comments on the actual item being reviewed? Forums at notebookreviews.com and newegg mention inconclusive speed and also noise issues. Looks like another engadget gloss over: (]]>Aug 9th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/the editors probably by now have conditioned themselves to hold all rectangular shaped objects like a smartphone to pretentiously unbias towards any one company]]>Aug 10th 2010 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Anyways, now on to the buttttttter:

During the RMA process, i was speaking so a guy named sean (i believe?) who was head of sales. He told me that the lack of availability was due to DELL AND HP BUYING UP VIRTUALLY EVERY DRIVE THAT CAMW OUR OF ASSEMBLY.

I asked how many, and he said there were well over a million circulating. Great news!! Look for Dell and HP to offer this drive soon!]]>Aug 10th 2010 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 10th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
I'm not sure why anybody would BUY the first two, though. The 250GB drive is $100, and the 500GB drive is $130. There's virtually no price difference between the drives.]]>Aug 10th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
I'm going to wildly suggest that you didn't simply because any boot will change by that amount or more completely at random.

If the drive can keep working after the Flash fails then ok but if not, I just see it as another component that can go wrong. There are minor improvements but an SSD alone is way better just because you can get the read/write benefits on everything.

As mentioned above, the only way this would be useful is if the Flash part was an 8-16GB part and you could install the OS and apps on it manually - like it would show up as a separate partition.

This way, even if the Flash failed, you migrate the OS to the HDD part.

For me personally, I've ordered a standard 7200rpm Seagate for now and when we get 22nm SSD next year ($1.50 per GB), I will get a 256GB Intel SSD for $349, maybe the year after.]]>Aug 10th 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/

I don't own an iPhone, but please, it's getting old. Just like the Kanye comments.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Now, iPhone 4 Death Grip Jokes, I'm really happy for you, and I'm going to let you finish, but Kanye West Interrupting people is the most over used joke of *all time*!]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Thats the thing. Apply Fanboys arent the only ones getting tired of it. Just like we got tired of the comments about the Evo, You Blew It, Will it Blend, and all the other overly (and most of the time poorly) used "joke."

Granted sometimes they are funny in the right context. This wouldnt be on of them.]]>Aug 9th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Not really. The battery life does suck. The camera does suck. Stating facts doesn't bring anything "upon ourselves". Nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to repeat the "holding it wrong" joke, are they? No, that's all on you, buddy.]]>Aug 9th 2010 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Hey, it's Jack, from Lord of the Flies!

Piggy, Piggy! Take his glasses!]]>Aug 9th 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/oh no, you didn't]]>Aug 10th 2010 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/The thing I don't get is why did they do this on a Mac? OS X doesn't take advantage of hybrid HDDs. They should've done this with Windows 7 which takes full advantage of hybrid HDDs.

And no that's not a fanboy statement, it's just a simple fact.]]>Aug 9th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/That's ReadyBoost. I'm talking about ReadyDrive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyDrive#ReadyDrive]]>Aug 9th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Again, the OS is not involved, neither ReadyBoost, nor ReadyDrive will do anything with this drive.]]>Aug 10th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Rest assured that you were not. There is still no comparing a hybrid drive like this with a full-on SSD experience.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
That would have added a nice touch to this article. Swap in the intel x-25m and give the same comparison. Unfortunately, that part was left out.]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
Boot and application startup is a little quicker but it's nowhere near the night and day difference a quick SSD can make.

I don't regret the purchase but will definitely be upgrading to an SSD within the next couple years.]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
How is it relevant? Everybody knows SSDs are faster. The important part is that this is $130, and a 500GB SSD is over $1,000.]]>Aug 9th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/
It's relevant because people keep assuming that their Boot/OS volume needs to be hundreds of GB's or even TB in size.

It doesn't...

Most people only need 40GB, then they can get 1 or more 500GB+ HDDs for storage/bu/content etc!]]>Aug 11th 2010 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Or at least 8GB. I'm guessing the next models will have that much.

I want to know what kind of performance I could get while dual-booting windows 7 and OS X.]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Did you intentionally set up a that's what she said joke?]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/"Earlier this year, Seagate promised to flip the 2.5-inch HDD industry upside-down, but it wouldn't do so by using an SSD in sheep's clothing."

I don't get it... How is that what she said at all? Your female must be very boring and non-sexual. ]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/They are that's why its a hybrid.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hard-drive-review/Aug 9th 2010 6:51PM