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This 160Gb 2.5" 4200rpm Fujitsu mobile SATA drive is now shipping for around $200, and appears to be the largest shipping 2.5" mobile SATA drive. However it appears to be a 12.5mm drive. I assume no current SATA compatible Thinkpad can accomodate a 12.5mm thick drive. Anyone try this drive? Thoughts? Feedback? Older Thinkpads could accomodate 12.5" drives, but those took PATA drives. I know Fujistu plans to ship a 200Gb SATA mobile drive in Q3, that one also appears to be a 12.5mm drive as well. Maybe I'm missing something, but are all mobile SATA drives 12.5mm?

fyi, Seagate's 160 GB 5400 RPM notebook HDD has come out (with 5 yr warranty):

http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis ... 36,00.html

http://www.seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/new ... 5e,00.html

shfawaz wrote:are all mobile SATA drives 12.5mm?

No, they are almost all 9.5mm. That 12.5mm drive is an odd duck; it's not made for notebook computers at all.