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Posted: **Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:33 pm**

Can the Hitachi 7K250 harddrive be used in the the T60? The storage size up to 250GB and the speed is 7200rpm.

Posted: **Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:53 pm**

That drive, it appears, it from Hitachi's Deskstar line. It's a 3.5" drive that won't fit in a notebook.

Posted: **Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:58 pm**

nuts, you are right.

Posted: **Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:03 pm**

geakin, you are relatively close:
Hitachi announced a 200GB 2.5-inch TravelStar (7200rpm) and a 250GB (5400rpm) unit for the first and second half of 2007, respectively. Both drives will have hard-drive-level data encryption as a new security feature.

Posted: **Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:08 pm**

he he, forget the HD.

Sandisk just today announced a 32GB SOLID STATE NAND drive.

Price is $600 or so, but it is MUCH faster than any hard drive there is.

Uses a lot less power too.

(on my wish list

)

Posted: **Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:12 am**

brentpresley wrote:he he, forget the HD.

Sandisk just today announced a 32GB SOLID STATE NAND drive.

Price is $600 or so, but it is MUCH faster than any hard drive there is.

Uses a lot less power too.

(on my wish list )

Actually initial reviews of SSD's aren't very good.

Posted: **Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:37 am**

Not to mention the biggest issue with flash drives is the ability to write and rewrite over and over... it becomes really unstable.

Posted: **Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:05 am**

brentpresley wrote:he he, forget the HD.

Sandisk just today announced a 32GB SOLID STATE NAND drive.

Price is $600 or so, but it is MUCH faster than any hard drive there is.

Uses a lot less power too.

(on my wish list )

Access times are faster, but sustained transfer speeds are still slower. That and the pesky limited write issue.

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7K250 SATA harddrive by Hitachi

7K250 SATA harddrive by Hitachi