Fastest Notebook HD is coming!!! Hitachi 7K200

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XCoalMiner · #61 Post by **XCoalMiner** » Sun May 20, 2007 7:20 am

darrenf wrote:Woohoo! If this is anything like the announcement for the 7k100 we should be able to purchase one of these by early 2009.

-darren

If it's any consolation, the specs are on Hitachi's website:

7K200: http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... star_7K200
E7K200: http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... tar_E7K200

milstein · #62 Post by **milstein** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:42 am

Oaklodge wrote:I doubt that we will see the 7K200 in the shops for at least 3 months if not more ...

I'm planning to get a 7K100... but newegg has it out of stock right now (quite cheap and reliable, yet fast)
Does it mean that they are planning the launch of 7K200?

Brad · #63 Post by **Brad** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:16 pm

Prices have been dropping especially since the beginning of the year. So I would say yes they are coming down in anticipation of the release of the new models.

Brad

Rizo · #64 Post by **Rizo** » Wed May 23, 2007 12:58 pm

brentpresley wrote:
milstein wrote:the 10,000 rpm notebook hard disk?
That will never happen. Too much power and heat to run in a notebook.

This is a 7200RPM, but with a MUCH higher platter density and possibly a bigger cache.

Billy G wrote:640K ought to be enough for anybody

Sorry had to be said, never say never.

Edit: didnt see kay.one's second page post, my bad

barrywohl · #65 Post by **barrywohl** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:51 am

I want a T61p with the 7K200 drive (and a WUXGA screen). Dell has both today. I hope Lenovo does before the end of July.

Ken might be right about buying what you need, however, when I'm trying to get my work done (that is, when I have patients waiting too long to see me) , and I have to wait for applications to open and images to open, any delay adds to my frustration.

WPWoodJr · #66 Post by **WPWoodJr** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:27 am

Ken Fox wrote: If people concentrated on what they actually needed to do, what they actually use their computers for, there would be a lot less interest in Vista, Santa Rosa, Core4Quad, and 7K200 products, to name but a few.

Bah! Humbug!

I have 2 100gb drives now, soon I will just need one 200gb drive, which is faster too! And I will be able to put my DVD drive back in the ultrabay!

Woo woo!!!!

borez · #67 Post by **borez** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:46 pm

This is indeed a very welcome announcement.

Problem is, will this give a POST 2010 error in T43s?

pianowizard · #68 Post by **pianowizard** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:52 pm

beeblebrox wrote:There are a lot of news about Samsung and Hitachi about their new 250GB and 300GB drives @5400rpm.

Excellent. The only reason I have a Dell Dimension desktop computer is that it can have a 320GB internal HDD. When I have a laptop with a 300GB HDD, I can sell the Dimension!

Oaklodge · #69 Post by **Oaklodge** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:06 am

Seagate 160 GB (7200 rpm) drives can be found at http://www.macsales.com

There are the OEM version and a bit over priced, but if you can not wait ....

brentpresley · #70 Post by **brentpresley** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:54 am

Oaklodge wrote:Seagate 160 GB (7200 rpm) drives can be found at http://www.macsales.com

There are the OEM version and a bit over priced, but if you can not wait ....

These drives do NOT hold a candle performance-wise to what the 7K200 is going to deliver. PERIOD.

brentpresley · #71 Post by **brentpresley** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:56 am

XCoalMiner wrote:
darrenf wrote:Woohoo! If this is anything like the announcement for the 7k100 we should be able to purchase one of these by early 2009.

-darren
If it's any consolation, the specs are on Hitachi's website:

7K200: http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... star_7K200
E7K200: http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... tar_E7K200

PLEASE keep in mind that the E version is designed for BLADE SERVERS only. If you look around for the threads on the E7K100, those drives are HIGHLY frowned upon for laptop use (b/c they run slightly hotter, have no power-down features, etc.).

milstein · #72 Post by **milstein** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:27 pm

Is there any news about approximately when can I get 7k200 in places like newegg.com?
I've been "craving" for it for a long time!!!

brentpresley · #73 Post by **brentpresley** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:39 pm

milstein wrote:Is there any news about approximately when can I get 7k200 in places like newegg.com?
I've been "craving" for it for a long time!!!

Only thing I have heard is "sometime this summer". FWIW.

abu_sme · #74 Post by **abu_sme** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:57 pm

I'm pretty happy with the results that I am getting from using an expresscard wth an ESATA. It seems to be faster than the internal hard drive, it get's sustained throughput of about 55 mBps, but the seek times are much lower than in my laptop HD.

The real bottlenecks is not in througput though, usally it is in seek time that the real issue arises. I really hope that they create SSD that are extremely small in size (and even in capacity if it keeps the price down) I would love to have a 16 GB SSD with a 160 GB 7200 drive as well. It would be vista ready-boost on steroids.

EDIT: I misread the numbers and put in the wrong number. My burst was about 85 MBps, lowest around 55. 55 is a more accurate number.

DenTP4rm · #75 Post by **DenTP4rm** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:17 pm

abu_sme wrote:I'm pretty happy with the results that I am getting from using an expresscard wth an ESATA.

Hey abu_sme
Which expresscard and ESATA drive or housing are you using? Also, which Thinkpad do you have?
Thanks,
DenTP4rm

xta · #76 Post by **xta** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:08 pm

a couple questions,

does everyone think that the hitachi travelstar models are better (reliability, performance, etc) than the seagate 7200 models? (even though seagate has a 5 year warranty compared to just one)

what interface to i need for it to work with my t60: ata6 or ata150 (im kind of lost here)

does acronis trueimage work to copy a drive image of an 80gb drive over to one that is 100gb?

thanks in advance

brentpresley · #77 Post by **brentpresley** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:25 pm

xta wrote:a couple questions,

does everyone think that the hitachi travelstar models are better (reliability, performance, etc) than the seagate 7200 models? (even though seagate has a 5 year warranty compared to just one)

Absolutely

what interface to i need for it to work with my t60: ata6 or ata150 (im kind of lost here)

SATA (ATA150)

does acronis trueimage work to copy a drive image of an 80gb drive over to one that is 100gb?

Yes, but it might leave you an 80GB partition and 20GB of unused space when it is done. I've had that happen and had to re-size the partition using partion magic, etc.

xta · #78 Post by **xta** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:09 pm

brentpresley wrote:
xta wrote:a couple questions,

does everyone think that the hitachi travelstar models are better (reliability, performance, etc) than the seagate 7200 models? (even though seagate has a 5 year warranty compared to just one)
Absolutely

what interface to i need for it to work with my t60: ata6 or ata150 (im kind of lost here)
SATA (ATA150)

does acronis trueimage work to copy a drive image of an 80gb drive over to one that is 100gb?
Yes, but it might leave you an 80GB partition and 20GB of unused space when it is done. I've had that happen and had to re-size the partition using partion magic, etc.

alright thanks, as i was expecting

this is going to be awesome, ill get a travelstar and then a week later the new ones will come out

Patrick B · #79 Post by **Patrick B** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:19 am

Well, I was hoping to get lucky and find one of these Hitachi 7K200s in Singapore, but after pouring through every store in Sim Lim Square and Funan Mall, I can't find one on a retail shelf (nor even a mention of one) anywhere.

Darn, I was really hoping to stuff one into my T60p before the end of June.

Patrick

JHaislet · #80 Post by **JHaislet** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:03 pm

That stinks that the 7K200 is SATA only. I'm still [censored] at IBM for installing a SATA to IDE bridge on the T43's. They should have just made it an SATA connection and been done with it. Oh well, I guess the 7K100 will be the fastest drive you can ever get for the T43's.

brainpicker · #81 Post by **brainpicker** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:20 am

I checked many sources for this drive over the past week and every one said the expected availability date is June 22nd.

Well today is June 22nd! I hope for those of you who NEED one that this is true. I just WANT one but have no need for it.

- Yak

barrywohl · #82 Post by **barrywohl** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:32 am

$240 to $250 for the aftermarket drive. It certainly looks like it will be smartest to buy a T61p with a minimal hard drive and immediately upgrade to the aftermarket drive, installing the IBM master boot record and using R&R or recovery CDs to install the hidden partition.

Barry

WPWoodJr · #83 Post by **WPWoodJr** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:25 pm

brainpicker wrote:I checked many sources for this drive over the past week and every one said the expected availability date is June 22nd.

Well today is June 22nd! I hope for those of you who NEED one that this is true. I just WANT one but have no need for it.

- Yak

I just ordered one! Shipping today. Thanks for the info. Now I can consolidate down to one drive and put my DVD drive back in. Plus its faster than my 100gb drives

brentpresley · #84 Post by **brentpresley** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:26 pm

WPWoodJr wrote:
brainpicker wrote:I checked many sources for this drive over the past week and every one said the expected availability date is June 22nd.

Well today is June 22nd! I hope for those of you who NEED one that this is true. I just WANT one but have no need for it.

- Yak
I just ordered one! Shipping today. Thanks for the info. Now I can consolidate down to one drive and put my DVD drive back in. Plus its faster than my 100gb drives

Being nosy, where did you get it and for how much!?!?!

#85 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:22 am

The only places I can find it in stock so far:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hm ... ia=AA71086
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Hitachi/0A50940/

brentpresley · #86 Post by **brentpresley** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:39 am

tomh009 wrote:The only places I can find it in stock so far:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hm ... ia=AA71086
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Hitachi/0A50940/

Thanks.

Not surprising the price is sky high at the moment.

#87 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:48 am

Definitely expensive. Mwave is at list price, and the Mac guys are expected to pay even 20% above list.

Over the next few weeks as stock arrives, I think we should start seeing prices in the low $200s. And maybe low $100s a year from now.

WPWoodJr · #88 Post by **WPWoodJr** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:16 pm

brentpresley wrote:
WPWoodJr wrote: I just ordered one! Shipping today. Thanks for the info. Now I can consolidate down to one drive and put my DVD drive back in. Plus its faster than my 100gb drives
Being nosy, where did you get it and for how much!?!?!

Here for $245.95

WPWoodJr · #89 Post by **WPWoodJr** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:27 pm

tomh009 wrote:Definitely expensive. Mwave is at list price, and the Mac guys are expected to pay even 20% above list.

Over the next few weeks as stock arrives, I think we should start seeing prices in the low $200s. And maybe low $100s a year from now.

A 7K100 is about $125 - so for $245 you're getting double the capacity, double the cache, and 25-33% speed improvement - doesn't seem that expensive in those terms!

WPWoodJr · #90 Post by **WPWoodJr** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:07 pm

WPWoodJr wrote:
tomh009 wrote:Definitely expensive. Mwave is at list price, and the Mac guys are expected to pay even 20% above list.

Over the next few weeks as stock arrives, I think we should start seeing prices in the low $200s. And maybe low $100s a year from now.
A 7K100 is about $125 - so for $245 you're getting double the capacity, double the cache, and 25-33% speed improvement - doesn't seem that expensive in those terms!

Wow.

Old boot times (7K100) in seconds:
To Login screen: 35.6
Login to Administrator and cursor not an hourglass: 35

New boot times (7K200):
To login screen: 32.7 - 8% improvement
Login to Administrator and cursor not an hourglass: 27 - 23% improvement

Fastest Notebook HD is coming!!! Hitachi 7K200

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